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Sex Workers Fight for Their Rights | The Progressive Magazine
Sex Workers Fight for Their Rights | The Progressive Magazine
June 8, 2022
Bill would allow sex workers to report crime without fear of prosecution | Gothamist
Bill would allow sex workers to report crime without fear of prosecution | Gothamist
May 10, 2022
Commission studying whether sex work should be decriminalized in RI | WPRI.com
Commission studying whether sex work should be decriminalized in RI | WPRI.com
April 25, 2022
How Anti-Prostitution and Sex Trafficking Laws Victimize People of Color | The Crime Report
How Anti-Prostitution and Sex Trafficking Laws Victimize People of Color | The Crime Report
April 15, 2022
Want to Reduce Violence Against Sex Workers? Offer Them Immunity | The Crime Report
Want to Reduce Violence Against Sex Workers? Offer Them Immunity | The Crime Report
February 10, 2022
2021 Was an Exceptional Year for the Sex Workers’ Rights Movement | Yahoo Finance
2021 Was an Exceptional Year for the Sex Workers’ Rights Movement | Yahoo Finance
December 30, 2021
OnlyFans’ reversal on adult content ban leaves Nevada sex workers in limbo | Las Vegas Sun
OnlyFans’ reversal on adult content ban leaves Nevada sex workers in limbo | Las Vegas Sun
August 27, 2021
How policies meant to protect sex workers continue to fail them | medium.com
How policies meant to protect sex workers continue to fail them | medium.com
June 2, 2021
What It Is Like to Be a Sex Worker | The Common Reader
What It Is Like to Be a Sex Worker | The Common Reader
DSW’s Frances Steele is quoted: “Even well-intended laws can get in the way. Frances Steele, a Wash.U. alum who is now a project coordinator for...
May 30, 2021
There’s a special court for sex workers, but it’s a far cry from what they need | Prism.com
There’s a special court for sex workers, but it’s a far cry from what they need | Prism.com
DSW’s Ariela Moscowitz is quoted: “Human trafficking occurs across all labor sectors and is a horrific crime,” said Ariela Moscowitz, director of communications at Decriminalize...
April 28, 2021
She Works Hard for the Money: Decriminalization and changing public attitudes makes sex work safer for everyone | Motif
She Works Hard for the Money: Decriminalization and changing public attitudes makes sex work safer for everyone | Motif
DSW’s Ariela Moscowitz is quoted: “We’re always pushing sex work to be seen as work … and to improve the health and safety of sex...
April 7, 2021
Brooklyn DA: Outstanding prostitution warrants from past 4 decades dismissed | News 12
Brooklyn DA: Outstanding prostitution warrants from past 4 decades dismissed | News 12
DSW’s Melissa Broudo is featured: “This is not just symbolic. It is meaningful for those over 857 people whose lives were directly impacted by criminalization...
March 24, 2021
San Fran honors Margo St. James as N.Y. pols, feminists debate decriminalizing prostitution | The Village Sun
San Fran honors Margo St. James as N.Y. pols, feminists debate decriminalizing prostitution | The Village Sun
February 24, 2021
Brooklyn DA’s office announces dismissal of 262 outstanding warrants related to sex work | News12 Brooklyn
Brooklyn DA’s office announces dismissal of 262 outstanding warrants related to sex work | News12 Brooklyn
January 29, 2021
Washtenaw County will no longer prosecute consensual sex work | Detroit Free Press
Washtenaw County will no longer prosecute consensual sex work | Detroit Free Press
January 15, 2021
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