PRESS RELEASE
Dylan Wolfe - Sex Workers Action New York (SWANK), swank [at] riseup [dot] net
Michael Bottoms - Sex Workers Outreach Project - New York City (SWOP-NYC),
swop.nyc [at] gmail [dot] com
Susan Blake - Prostitutes of New York (PONY), pony [at] panix [dot] com
Desiree Alliance, info [at] DesireeAlliance [dot] org
The Pink Scare: Of Ms. Palfrey and Sex Panic
New York, NY - The activists at Sex Workers Action New York (SWANK), Sex
Workers Outreach Project New York (SWOP-NYC), Prostitutes of New York
(PONY) and the nationally-based Desiree Alliance are saddened that Deborah
Jeane Palfrey, also known as the D.C. Madam, passed away on May 1st in an
apparent suicide. We - prostitutes, strippers, pro-dommes, porn stars, sex
experts, and allies - extend our sympathies to all of those hurt by this
most recent chapter of the "Pink Scare," in which oppressive legislation
and social stigma partner to generate hysteria around what, for us, can
prove to be simply a decent way to make a living.
The circumstances surrounding Ms. Palfrey's death suggest that Americans
reconsider the current state and federal policies that govern sex worki, as
Please join us September 26-28, 2008 in Oakland, CA, for CR10, Critical
Resistance’s 10th Anniversary celebration and international conference
and strategy session. Through workshops, skills shares, performances,
action, reflection, and celebration CR10 aims to offer a space to
assess where we’ve been as a movement and encourage collective
conversation about where we should head next in our effort to build a
world without walls.
We've developed some materials to encourage your participation at CR10.
You can download a registration form as well as information about
housing, advertising in the program booklet, and tabling.
We encourage you to keep your eyes on the website for updates and additional information as the conference date approaches.
Should you have any questions or concerns about participating in CR10, please feel free to contact us at:
CR10 Project
Critical Resistance
1904 Franklin St., Suite 504
Oakland, CA 94612
510.444.0484 ext. 2#
$pread Magazine's big West Coast launch party is going to be happening
on Saturday, June 21st at 9pm at El Rio in San Francisco!
Sex Work 101 [http://sexwork101.com] was inspired by conversations that
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Decent, realistic coverage of our profession out of the Spitzer scandal, including SWOP-NYC, our newest chapter!
New York Region
The Double Lives of High-Priced Call Girls
By CARA BUCKLEY and ANDREW JACOBS
Published: March 16, 2008
Three women provide glimpses into the underground world of prostitutioni.
Contacts
SWOP-Norcal celebrated March 3rd, International Sex Worker Rights Day with a march from the Tenderloin Police Station to City Hall in San Francisco, CA. Several different press organizations were there to witness and record the event. Over 50 sex workers and supporters came from all over the bay area to attend along with 4 different SW rights organizations located in the Bay Area.
We had a tremendous time in San Francisco. If you have pictures from your area please share them with us. Thanks to everyone for participating in this important day. We really appreciate all our allies who showed up to march, play music, speak and to support your local sex workers.
More pictures available here.
STOP the Traffick Within U.S Borders: Exploring Domestic Human Trafficking Initiatives
Panel Discussion:
Visit www.swopusa.org/March3
Sex Workers Outreach Project-Northern California (SWOP-Norcal)
invites you and all our allies in San Francisco, to join us as we march to celebrate:
International Sex Worker Rights Day
featuring the Brass Liberation Orchestra. Wear red, or your favorite sexy outfit, and bring a red umbrella.
Please email us at swopusa [at] yahoo [dot] com to join us as endorsers and sponsors.
Endorsed by: US PROStitutes Collective, Desiree Alliance, BAYSWAN, Different Avenues, the St. James Infirmary, San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival, Bay Area Radical Women (ongoing-more to be listed)
When: March 3, 2008
Time: 11:30 am
Rally: 301 Eddy Street (Tenderloin Police Station)
March to: City Hall
For info call Carol Leigh 415-751-1659
