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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International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers Memorial List 2017 USA Memorial Slideshow Diana Hemmingway 46 years-old, South FL, December 20th, 2016 Patricia Phelps aka Peppermint Patty, 48 years old, Anchorage, Alaska, August 11, 2017 Jessica Newcomb, 21 years old, Mobile AL, June 16th, 2017 Isabell Pam 43 years old, Huntsville, Al, Feb …
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 …
Coyote’s Letter To Women’s March 2017 Call off Your Old Tired Ethics (Coyote RI) appreciates the support of the Women’s March for sex workers’ rights. We represent the many intersections that cross this profession and continuously strive to include those voices in our work. We have concerns over the erasure of the entire statement …
International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics (Coyote RI) joins sex workers, allies and advocates from around the world in recognizing December 17th, as International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers. As we approach Dec 17th, we come together to publicly honor sex workers that we have lost …
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How To Be An Ally to Sex Workers- Coyote RI 1) Don’t Assume that you know why a person is in the sex industry. Most people make a choice to enter the sex industry because it is the best option for them. Many sex workers only have to work a few hours a week because …
Coyote Howls- 3rd Edition San Francisco Sex Workers Battle For Rights, Legitimacy
Social Change Practitioner Interview/Profile- Oct 2017 Prostitute to Sex Worker Advocate: Bella Robinson, Executive Director of COYOTE, RI Background Information COYOTE is a sex worker rights organization, which stands for Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics. This title is a reflection of the fact that sex work tends to be stigmatized primarily because of society-imposed …
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Please urgently write and/or call into members of an NH Criminal Justice and Safety subcommittee to support the study of decriminalizing sex work! Dear Friends, New Hampshire bill, HB 287 was introduced earlier in 2017 and it proposes a study on the decriminalization of sex work. A subcommittee has been set up of five members …
Meet the Board: Bella Robinson on ESPLERP v Gascon ESPLERP V Gascon Union Lip Service Meets The Board: Bella & M Dante w/ Rosie Riveter 2015 Penn State The Erotic Service Provider’s Legal & Educational Research Project or The ESPLER Project (501C3) was founded in 2009 by Maxine Doogan with the mission of …