COYOTE Blog
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Women March Rhode Island Includes Sex Workers #WMWRI18
Women March Rhode Island Includes Sex Workers #WMWRI18 Coyote RI was one of the many local organizations who tabled at RI Women’s March. We had a 60 people sign up for our email list, and over 100 people stopped at our table. We engaged with strippers from Westerly, and we had students from 3…
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Best Practices for Connecting “People Involved in the Sex Industry” with Services by Coyote RI
Best Practices for Connecting “People Involved in the Sex Industry” with Services by Coyote RI Our Mission is to provide a nonjudgmental, safe and supportive environment that allows “the client” time to decide what they want next and what steps they need to take to get gain stability. Our goal is to provide enough information…
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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS is the Decriminalization of Sex Work
All I want for Christmas is the decriminalization of sex work because it’s the gift that keeps on giving – not just to me. I’m not being selfish, even though it would benefit me as a sex worker in the US where sex work is criminalized. For me, decriminalization would mean I have the…
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Bella’s-Summary-2015
Bella’s-Summary-2015 BELLA”S SUMMARY The rescue pimp industry is exploitative. I would even call it FRAUD, with the government’s approval. They run and hide from sex workers like cowards, because they know we have “the evidence” to confront them. “Human Trafficking” by Ohio University in affiliation with Coursera Online learning, becoming more acquainted with the many…
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The Effects of Polaris Project in Rhode Island
In March 2015 Bella Robinson attended an event at Brown University, to hear a speech by Katherine Chon who is the co-founder and president of Emerita Polaris Project. She is currently the senior advisor on the trafficking in persons, at the US Department of Health & Human Services In her speech, Mrs. Chon claimed that…
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WHAT DO SEX WORKERS WANT?
WHAT DO SEX WORKERS WANT? Decriminalization, Labor Rights, Anti-discrimination Legislation Sex workers want consensual adult sex work to be decriminalized. We demand our right to agency and our labor rights, and we demand discrimination and hate crime legislation. After we accomplish these goals it will still take several decades for public perception to change and…
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MYTHS + MISCONCEPTIONS
MYTHS + MISCONCEPTIONS The DOJ website is still quoting false statistics Is one of the most-cited statistics about sex work wrong? Maggie McNeill rocks it in this interview, as she explains the research that was misquoted that said: “the teenagers were just at risk”. Recession Drives Surge in Youth Runaways “Nearly all of the…