COYOTE Blog

  • International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers 2019

    International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers- 10 Years of Organizing Under Criminalization  In 2003, renowned sexologist, educator, and former sex worker Annie Sprinkle organized the first “International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers.” Today we mourn for the 48  sex workers who were lost to violence in 2019 and we renew our…

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  • 2019 Red Bandana Award Event

      Thank you to the Red Bandana Fund for making me one of the three recipients of this year’s award. I am so honored and so humbled. Congrats to Steve Ahlquist and Camilo Viveiros Steve Ahlquist.- below Camilo Viveiros- below The event was a blast. I met a lot of great people to network with.…

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  • International Sex Workers Day- AMOR’s 2nd Annual Grill-Off

    In honor of International Sex Workers Day, CoyoteRI participated in AMOR’S 2nd annual Grill-Off The AMOR Alliance was formed in 2017 by six grassroots organizations: Providence Youth Student Movement, Direct Action for Rights & Equality, The FANG Collective, COYOTE-RI, The Refugee Dream Center, and Colectivo Sin Fronteras. Check out the participants in this years Grill-Off: 1. Direct Action for Rights & Equality…

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  • International Sex Workers Day 2019

    Taking Back the Neighborhood, Rally Against Criminalization; sponsored by Coyote RI June 2nd, 2018 Sophia Wright   Christopher Johnson Bella Robinson of COYOTE RI: Steven and Daniel from PrYSM Michael Galipeau Jesus Holguin Jocelyn DoCouto Catarina Lorenzo   David Veliz Monica Huertas Terri Wright Justice Gaines Vanessa Flores Maldonado MJ Robinson Anthony Hollins John Prince…

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  • Know Your Rights Cards -Portuguese

    IF YOU ARE STOPPED BY THE POLICE…KNOW YOUR RIGHTS… SE VOCÊ FOR PARADA PELA POLÍCIA… CONHEÇA OS SEUS DIREITOS… STAY CALM, No matter how agitated or hostile the police act, DON” T lose your temper. CONTINUE CALMA, não importa o quão agitada ou hostil a polícia aja. NÃO perca a paciência. ASK THE OFFICER, if…

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  • COYOTE-RI Interviews Scott Cunningham- Baylor University

      COYOTE uses multiple ways of advocating for better sex work policies. We are sex worker-led and informed by the experiences of people in the sex industry. We partner with community organizations with similar aims in fighting state violence. Additionally, we work closely alongside academics to understand how research can enrich our understandings of community…

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  • How Many Sex Trafficking Headlines are Bogus? Lots of them!

    International Sex Workers’ Rights Day’s history goes back to 2001 when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a festival despite efforts from prohibitionist groups who tried to prevent it from taking place by pressuring the government to revoke their permit. Sex worker groups across the world have subsequently celebrated the day as International…

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  • The Real Story About Robert Kraft’s Prostitution Arrest

    Let’s unpack this headline Robert Kraft’s Prostitution Arrest Isn’t Just A Tabloid Scandal — Especially For The Women There is no evidence that the women were trafficked, or lured in with the promise of other jobs. Let’s not forget when the K girls were arrested in Seattle, the cops said these women just don’t understand…

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  • ADVOCACY GROUPS SUPPORT NEW BILL THAT WOULD CREATE A LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY IMPACT OF SEX WORK LAWS

    Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics (COYOTE) Rhode Island 69 Brown Street, Providence, RI, 02906 Email: info@ozmweb.com NEWS RELEASE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019 ADVOCACY GROUPS SUPPORT NEW BILL THAT WOULD CREATE A LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY IMPACT OF SEX WORK LAWS The sex worker advocacy group COYOTE-RI today released a statement…

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  • More Bizarre Happenings. Corrupt Cops, Paying Sex with Strippers & Missing Guns

      Just weeks after Coyote published their press release “Condemning the City of Providence Police Department’s Raid on the Foxy Lady and the Arrests of 3 Sex Workers” even more bizarre events are unfolding between local cops and sex workers in Rhode Island. One of the former arrested dancers from Foxy Lady’s that led to…

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