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Coalition condemns Cranston Police’s perpetuating anti-Asian violence and whorephobia by charging 11 alleged sex trafficking victims and calling it “rescue”

by coyotewebadminCall Off Your Old Tired Ethics June 27, 2021March 28, 2022Comments are Disabled

Coalition condemns Cranston Police’s perpetuating anti-Asian violence and whorephobia by charging 11 alleged sex trafficking victims and calling it “rescue” COYOTE RI, in coalition with The Womxn’s Project, and several other organizations, condemns the raids on six Cranston massage parlors on the evening of June 17 and stands with the 11 alleged sex trafficking …

REST IN POWER MARGO ST. JAMES

by coyotewebadminCall Off Your Old Tired Ethics January 15, 2021March 28, 2022Comments are Disabled

With profound sadness, COYOTE announces the death of the most storied among our founders, Margo St. James, the founder of COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics), the organization that was the germinating force of the movement for sex workers’ rights, died on January 12th, 2021 at age 83. She had been in hospice for …

International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers 2019

by coyotewebadminCall Off Your Old Tired Ethics, INTERNATIONAL DAY TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST SEX WORKER’S December 15, 2019February 28, 2022Comments are Disabled

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 …

COYOTE-RI Interviews Scott Cunningham- Baylor University

by coyotewebadminCall Off Your Old Tired Ethics March 7, 2019May 6, 2023Comments are Disabled

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 …

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

by coyotewebadminCall Off Your Old Tired Ethics February 11, 2019February 28, 2022Comments are Disabled

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 …

Global Implications Of FOSTA by Meghan Peterson

by coyotewebadminCall Off Your Old Tired Ethics February 4, 2019February 28, 2022Comments are Disabled

On April 11, 2018, the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) and Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) were signed into law. FOSTA/SESTA outlined new provisions to amend the Communications Decency Act; importantly, they note that websites can be prosecuted if they engage “in the promotion or facilitation of prostitution” or “facilitate traffickers in advertising …

Exploring “Craigslist’s Effect on Violence Against Women” January 2019

by coyotewebadminCall Off Your Old Tired Ethics January 31, 2019December 23, 2022Comments are Disabled

Exploring the groundbreaking study. Craigslist’s Effect on Violence Against Women “The ability for sex workers to move indoors and advertise online resulted in less violence/ rape/ female homicide rates and increased the number of workers who became independent sex workers. “ PAGE 14 “We can calculate the number of saved female lives using a back-of-the-envelope calculation. …

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2018 Memorial List

by coyotewebadminCall Off Your Old Tired Ethics November 20, 2018November 21, 2018Comments are Disabled

1) Brandi Seals, a 26-year-old Black transgender woman, who was a sex worker was murdered on December 13th, 2017, in Houston TX 2) Christa Leigh Steel Knudslien, a 42-year-old white transgender woman, who was a sex worker, was beaten with a hammer and stabbed in the back by her husband, on January 5th, 2018 in Pittsfield, MA 3) Viccky Gutierrez, a …

The 2018 USA International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers Event List

by coyotewebadminCall Off Your Old Tired Ethics November 20, 2018June 12, 2019Comments are Disabled

Atlanta GA Atlanta SWerfs and Allies- December 17th, 2018 @ 6 pm Vigil @ 4425 Fulton Industrial Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30341 Anchorage, AK 12/16/2018 @ 6 pm to 9 pm 233 E 5th Ave Anchorage AK 9950 Asheville, NC 12/17/2018 @ 7pm-9pm More info and RSVP Here SWOP Baltimore, MD 12/17/2018 6 pm – 8:30 pm …

Know Your Rights Cards (English)

by coyotewebadminCall Off Your Old Tired Ethics November 15, 2018December 6, 2018Comments are Disabled

IF YOU ARE STOPPED BY THE POLICE…KNOW YOUR RIGHTS… 1) STAY CALM, No matter how agitated or hostile the police act, DON”T lose your temper. 2) ASK THE OFFICER, if you are “BEING ARRESTED OR IF YOU ARE FREE TO GO”. 3) DON”T TALK: TEll the police officer that, “YOU WOULD LIKE TO INVOKE YOUR RIGHT TO REMAIN …