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 to erase the stigma, as… Read more »
coyotewebadminComments Off on Coyote’s Letter To Women’s March 2017
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 of your support. We are… Read more »
coyotewebadminComments Off on International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers
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 to violence and we renew… Read more »
coyotewebadminComments Off on Transgender Day of Remembrance- Coyote RI
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Please watch and share this beautiful video produced by our colleagues at TGEU – Transgender Europe. And remember that the vast majority of trans people murdered every year are sex workers. If you are an LGBT / trans organization, you MUST do more to include the needs of trans sex workers in your organization…. Read more »
coyotewebadminComments Off on Open Letter To Open Society Foundation- Nov 2017
November 3rd, 2017 Open Letter To Open Society: So while I think that it is wonderful that OS is providing grant opportunities in Europe. I wonder why OS in the US is throwing sex workers under the bus. It would be wonderful if OS in Europe’s could help educate them. Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights in Europe The backstory:… Read more »
coyotewebadminComments Off on How To Be An Ally to Sex Workers- Coyote RI
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 sex work pays a lot… Read more »
coyotewebadminComments Off on Interview with Bella Robinson by Emily Rehmet of Brown University
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 standards of ethics. The organization’s… Read more »
coyotewebadminComments Off on How to Support NH HB 287 (2017)
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 and they have a year… Read more »
coyotewebadminComments Off on COYOTE Howls- Sex Workers Scream Foul – 2st Edition July 2017
Backpage has always claimed it doesn’t control sex-related ads. New documents show otherwise. By Tom Jackman and Jonathan O’Connell July 11 This is so poorly written and has so many false facts I don’t know where to start. I get phone calls from the yellow pages asking me if I want to renew my escort ad and yet nobody is… Read more »
