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 …
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Did Congress really think that Sex Workers were gonna just lay down? I have always said that sex workers are some of the most resilient people I know. Last week Bella Robinson, executive director of Coyote RI (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) attended a historical US sex worker Summit in LA. It was awesome. Coyote RI was …
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International Sex Worker Rights Day History: This 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 taking place by pressuring the government to revoke their permit. The event was organized by Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a Calcutta …
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Sex Workers Decry ‘Moral Panic’ Over Human Trafficking by Victoria Mckenzie At the height of national outrage over what government officials and activists call a human trafficking “epidemic,” sex workers are challenging what they say are misleading and harmful efforts to link prostitution to sex trafficking. “People have used this moral panic, this idea that …
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Today we announced that we have filed a petition in the Ninth Circuit for a rehearing “en banc” (before an eleven-judge panel) asking the full Ninth Circuit Court to reconsider the dismissal of ESPLERP v Gascon [case #16-15927], which challenged California’s anti-prostitution law Penal Code 647(b) on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. You can …
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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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