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Chrystul Kizer was sentenced to 11 years in prison as a 17 YO
#SexTrafficking
victim. Here is an update on how to support her through letter writing, incarcerated email, Amazon Wishlist and how to send her money.
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#Joeytheplayer
is charged. He was arrested on Valentine’s Day! Happy Valentine’s Day to
#sexworkers
everywhere.
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Handcuffs are never rescue. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never.
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Mr Jose Torres has been convicted on all four counts!
#JoeyThePlayer
is a open path for
#Justice
for
#SexWorkers
! Thank you to the survivors who stepped up and walked this road! You are HEROES!!!
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It looks like there are stings going on in the USA targeting high end escorts - possibly posting on Eros. Remain silent. Ask for a lawyer. Do not consent to searches. Reaffirm your rights loudly and often.
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We are going to spend the next couple of day publicly recognizing the senators that tossed the constitution out the window and voted for
#SESTA
#FOSTA
along with when they are up for reelection so folks can start finding their replacements.
#LetUsSurvive
#SurvivorsAgainstFosta
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!!!
If you are arrested, ask for a lawyer.
DO NOT TALK to the police or any prosecutors/district attorneys.
DO NOT WRITE OR SIGN any statements.
DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR OR CONSENT TO a search of your person, belongings, car or home.
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Honstley. If I hear anyone say “we speak for those who don’t have a voice” again...I’m gonna pop off. I’ve never met someone with no voice. Only people who refuse to listen to the voices that don’t confirm their own predetermined beliefs. So shut it down and listen.
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Nope. It was
#fosta
. I was sitting in my car in the Taco Bell drive through when the law passed with a good friend who lost her hotel room because
#Backpage
closed. I literally watched someone become house less. She didn’t have a pimp. Few
#sexworkers
have pimps.
#askasexworker
FOSTA-SESTA did not push prostitutes to the streets and into danger. Pimps push prostitutes to the streets and into danger. Johns push prostitutes to the streets and into danger. FOSTA-SESTA isn't the problem. Demand to exploit human beings is the problem.
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Here’s why you should know about how
#Knowyourrights
training helps
#sexworkers
navigate encounters with
#LawEnforcement
. It’s easy just to know your rights in your head but it’s a lot harder to put into practice.
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BAN SEXUAL CONTACT BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PEOPLE THEY MIGHT ARREST.
#SuperBowl2021
#sexworkersuperbowlbailout
#
#dontbuyit
#stopthearrests
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So sick of seeing people say they are a “voice for the voiceless”. That’s such a copout. Everybody has a voice. Maybe you aren’t listening.
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It passed. California b
#SB233
passed and
#sexworkers
are safer.
ACTION ALERT: Support CA Bill SB 233 Improving Sex Workers Health & Safety!
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The organization
@moveon
texted us about supporting progressive policies to
@JoeBiden
and
@KamalaHarris
and - after asking for full DECRIM of
#sexwork
- was immediately removed from their contact list. Now we know you don’t support our needs.
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This is what kind of people
#sexworkers
are.
South Florida strip club again giving away 3,000 Thanksgiving turkeys
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All together now. I do not consent to this search. I am going to remain silent. I want to speak with the lawyer. Am I being detained? I do not consent to search. I am going to remain silent. I want to speak with the lawyer. Am I being detained? Etc.
1. First and last words out of your mouth: "I do not consent to any searches. I want a lawyer. I am remaining silent."
2. Assume everything a cop saying is a lie or an attempt to get information out of you, including threats of charges
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So YES. COPS IN FLORIDA CAN HAVE SEX WITH SOMEONE AND THEN ARREST THEM.
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"I do not believe that just because you're opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed.
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#FUCKFOSTA
update - Court hearing Sept 20 - asking the court to issue a PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION and PUT A HALT to future enforcement of
#FOSTA
—meaning NO ONE CAN BE ARRESTED until the case is heard
@WoodhullSFA
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#sb233
is now law in California.
#sexworkers
can report crime without threat of arrest and grown women can carry condoms without fear they will be used as evidence of prostitution. We’re coming for autonomy over our own bodies and this is a great first step.
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I have been kicked off every human trafficking task force in central Florida. I’ve just been invited to come back. The first meeting back is Friday. The topic is Sex trafficking at the super bowl in Miami.
#killmenow
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So frustrated with trying to partner with “like-minded” orgs today. What exactly do they consider when they say they are “like minded” but don’t support full DECRIM and haven’t bothered to educate themselves on the difference between legalization and decriminalization?
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Helen just found out she has 3rd stage breast cancer. She doesn’t get out until 2023. She might not make it out alive.
Helen Tidoeh H07116
Lowell CI J-1
11120 NW Gainesville RD
Ocala FL 34482. Please send letters and cards.
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Phoenix Calida, a spokesperson for
@swopusa
, offered like sentiments.
@uppittynegress
told AVN that “conflating
#SexWork
and
#SexTafficking
doesn’t help anyone...It relies on a lot of white savior narratives.
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@MiamiHerald
Omg
@MiamiHerald
! I’m embarrassed for you. In 35 years of activism the only bar code I’ve seen is on the posters of anti trafficking ads. You have got to be kidding me.
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Support Incarcerated
#sexworkers
as they work to reenter their communities and connect to housing, jobs and the support they need to thrive!
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We've seen reports of SWers assaulted during AVN. Please know: it was NOT your fault. You do NOT have to report it-- that's your choice, nobody else's. If you need to talk, we have volunteers with rape crisis training at 1-877-776-2004.
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Join us for a community hosted event from 9am to midnight on
#December17
. Drop in anytime using the zoom link. Names will be read at the beginning of each hour. We have an amazing group of hosts!
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We are asking a court to declare the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 (“FOSTA”) unconstitutional and prevent it from being enforced.
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No please. This is the worst possible idea. How incredibly harmful to marginalized people who are already so vulnerable.
#sexworkiswork
#sexwork
is NOT
#sextrafficking
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SCREEN. SCREEN SCREEN. Operation Cross Country may have started early this week to compete with lobby day.
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We want to reiterate yet again since this part often gets drowned out: WE WANT TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING, END VIOLENCE IN THE SEX INDUSTRY, AND GIVE PEOPLE CHOICES TO EXIT THE SEX INDUSTRY. And the evidence is clear that NONE of this can be achieved if we don't
#DECRIMNOW
.
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If you want to help people who have been in prison - Hire them!!! Let them help you help others. People who have been incarcerated know their own lives and what they need. Hire them and pay them a living wage. We do.
The unemployment rate among formerly incarcerated citizens if 27%!! For many without hope, or an income, prison looks better than the free world.That's why "Illegal to Legal" brings is so vital
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We are getting reports from all over the USA about suspicious calls asking explicit questions and trying to book appts. It’s a national effort for police to profit off the super bowl
#sextrafficking
hype. Be aware. Trust your gut. If it’s too good to be true, it probably is
Brush up on
#knowyourrights
strategies to
#freezeoutle
in
#southflorida
#miami
at the
#SuperBowl2020
because they are hunting adult consensual
#sexworkers
AND their clients they are calling it preventing
#sextrafficking
but we know better.
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While we are talking about rights - take the “fingerprint” off your phone and go old school with a numeric password. Fingerprint is considered “passive consent”. They WILL hold you down to open your phone.
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Update on
#JoeyThePlayer
. He’s still in jail in Boston and federal Marshall’s will be bringing him to New Jersey next week where he will have a bond hearing. He has retained an attorney.
#sexworkers
and allies have been writing letters asking for no bond.
#Joeytheplayer
is charged. He was arrested on Valentine’s Day! Happy Valentine’s Day to
#sexworkers
everywhere.
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Just leaving the capital in Tallahassee after testifying before the crime commission that the prostitution registry is bad policy and precedent.
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A good reminder for folks who want to be allies. Get your data from
#sexworkers
.
AGAIN FOR THOSE IN THE BACK. Sex Work and Prostitution related laws, historically; criminalizes those with the least power in the industry (The Sex Worker) more than any date or trick would be. This is one of many reasons why we support FULL
#DECRIMNOW
.
#DecrimNowDC
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#DetectiveMorris
from
@msosheriff
says he won’t seek to arrest or prosecute any
#sexworker
who comes forward to make a formal complaint against
#joeytheplayer
. We’re going to need it in writing - ie. immunity for each individual that comes forward information about this predator
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But she voted to take away a woman’s right to vote if she’s convicted of prostitution. Hypocrite.
Proud to sponsor this important bill, now FL law! - Florida to celebrate 100 years of women’s right to vote
#FlaPol
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Florida Approves Database to Publish Details of People Who Pay for Sex and here are all the reasons it’s a bad thing for
#victims
and
#sexworkers
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Its dangerous to be willing to engage with anti trafficking orgs because they don't even recognize their own power dynamics when talking to marginalized and stigmatized populations. This is also why their programs are ineffective.
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We do NOT need more criminalization! We do NOT need more online policing or surveillance! We need community methods that keep us safe! Stop attacking sex workers!
#SurvivorsAgainstFOSTA
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#joeytheplayer
has no game left because
#sexworkers
have each other’s back. We may not always agree on a lot of things but don’t think we aren’t going to just stand by while someone repeatedly hunts us to hurt us. An ounce of prevention and all that!
RETWEET AND SHARE. Joey the Player is now targeting dominatrixes. BE CAREFUL. He offered me $6,500 for a 12 hour outcall.
#joeytheplayer
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Our
#AmazonWishlistPage
for incarcerated
#SexWorkers
is up and contains names, current links and release dates. Newly created wishlists will always be at the top. Most titles are under $10.
#GivingTuesday
is only one day but this need is for every day!
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Please donate smartphones in RESET, UNLOCKED and in WORKING condition so that we can assist
#sexworkers
most at risk for violence in accessing supportive resources in their own community. Heres how...
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We have spoken directly to
@SpankChain
administrators and they have promised to protect the identities of
#sexworkers
who participate. They have a legal team who will be advising them.
Help spread the word! Up to a $250,000 reward for hard evidence from sex workers that politicians who voted YES on
#FOSTA
/
#SESTA
engaged their services.
#SurvivorsAgainstSESTA
. More info at:
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#KnowYourRights
thread. Also remember to NOT GIVE PERMISSION TO SEARCH YOUR PHONE! They are going to take it anyway and you aren’t getting it back. Don’t give them the passcode. Anything they find will be used AGAINST you.
Here’s why you should know about how
#Knowyourrights
training helps
#sexworkers
navigate encounters with
#LawEnforcement
. It’s easy just to know your rights in your head but it’s a lot harder to put into practice.
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The zombie myth of
#sextrafficking
at the
#SuperBowl
by the best of allies
@RottenInDenmark
from our (2nd) favorite podcast
@yourewrongabout
. This shit won’t die even though it’s dead.
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“Rode would set up an appointment posing as a prospective customer, and after being offered a price for sex, said he needed to run to the ATM and send in camera crews.” What a scumbag.
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#stingalert
#richmond
#virginia
using outcalls and incalls. Sending deposits. Work info is verifiable. BE ALERT and spread the word. No one goes to jail tonight! 8777762004
#henricocounty
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AND THE COPS HAD SEX WITH THE VICTIMS AND THE SEX WORKERS. LETS KEEP THAT FRONT AND CENTER.
With all of the news breaking of high profile subjects charged in our area for prostitution, we would like to keep the narrative alive about the victims and the problem of human trafficking. Please retweet!
@Polaris_Project
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Just got done doing an interview and we talked about being arrested and jailed and even though it’s been over 20 years, I realize how traumatizing it was and still is. My anxiety is at its peak.
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Radical feminists' objection to sex work is profoundly un-feminist- If feminists aren’t fighting for my right to use my body how I choose, then they’ve dramatically detoured from their mission.
#sexwork
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Trans SWOP member sentenced to 6 months probation ($60 a month) 30 hours of community service and over $1000 in fines in
#polkcounty
courtroom. And they wonder why we whore. No rescue going on here. Only hardship.
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Hey
#sexytrafficking
fear mongers - HERE is the REAL trafficking in America and you do NOTHING to protect these marginalized children. Because you are obsessed with sex. You don't even try to pretend anymore that its about "the children..."
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Since the trafficking conference in Toledo, we’ve been asked what kind of violence to Sex Workers fear the most.
Violence from police
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Violence from “pimps”
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Violence from clients
180
Violence fm sex workers
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Just packed up four of these bad girl gift boxes to send to
#sexworkers
who are getting released from prison this week! It may not seem like much but they say getting a box full of delicious smelling shampoo, conditioner, body wash and lotion (+++) is heaven.
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Read this and tell me how denying access to banking for marginalized people is a way of rescuing them.
.
@Paypal
will offer financial data to
@Polaris
- one of our partners on the
#FinanceAgainstSlavery
Survivor Inclusion Initiative - to combat
#modernslavery
. Learn more about data sharing and financial investigations in
#Goal4
of the Blueprint:
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Cardi is a woman of color from a background of poverty who was just trying to survive in a world where women of color are treated like disposable garbage. She was barely surviving.
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It's that time again! Holiday Greetings to
#Incarcerated
#SexWorkers
is open! Send Holiday Greetings behind bars and make their Holiday BRIGHT!
#PenPalParty
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We celebrate this news but it’s important to acknowledge that his charges don’t reflect the violence and fear inflicted on our community for over a decade. They charged him with what they had evidence to successfully prosecute him with.
#Joeytheplayer
is charged. He was arrested on Valentine’s Day! Happy Valentine’s Day to
#sexworkers
everywhere.
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Except it wasn’t trafficking. They arrested everyone. No one charged with trafficking. No victims except the ones created by the criminal justice system.
“The massage parlor sting in Jupiter that caught Patriots owner Robert Kraft was highly publicized, but trafficking is happening all over our state every minute...
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The “equality model” is not a real thing. It’s a made up term by
#Swedish
model
#swerfs
. Don’t be deceived. Ask
@sexworkers
how full DECRIM is the preferred model for community health and safety.
#askasexworker
How do practice the language of equality?
Tag your favorite New Yorker and let us know what works for your dialogues to stop gender-based violence. ✨🗣:
#EqualNotExploited
#EqualityModel
#NewYork
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#miami
#florida
#sexworkers
Law Enforcement from ALL OVER the state is going to be running stings on Thursday, Friday and Saturday before the super bowl in south Florida - please look after one another. We are trying to partner with a bail fund to help folks who get arrested.
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Didn’t
#sexworkers
say this would happen? I’m sure I heard a
@sexworker
say this would happen. In fact I know sexworkers said it would happen. And it did.
#listentosexworkers
.
The 2018 sex-trafficking law FOSTA "hasn't actually prevented child trafficking. If anything, it's had websites turning a blind eye to it and forced it underground," says
@RepRoKhanna
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Just got pulled over in a school zone with a couple thousand syringes on my way to the storage unit. Jfc. The fear is real.
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I just paid $60 to be able to take phone calls from prison and jail through Global Link. And that doesn’t include the funds required to actually receive a call. This is criminal.
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The belief that
#SexWorkers
make themselves targets for
#SerialKillers
and are therefore responsible for their own murder has allowed
#violence
against them to continue, hampering police investigations throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
@QueenMab87
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This is definitely the best news so far this year.
More Than 1,000 Open Prostitution Cases In Brooklyn Are Going To Be Wiped From The Files via
@o_tilli_a
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Awe...Kamala Harris thinks we’re all stupid.
#sexworkersvote
In major speech, Kamala Harris says that those who have criticized her record of lustily fueling mass incarceration “fail to understand the complexities of criminal justice.”
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This is the evidence that we need that the conversation about decriminalizing
#SexWork
can be made to a reasonable person on under 30 minutes. Thx
@iamjohnoliver
on
@LastWeekTonight
for speaking with
#SexWorkers
and also for making faith based outreach look as silly as it is.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver 02/27/2022 on why we must decriminalize sex work. Thank you!! via
@YouTube
.
@LastWeekTonight
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#joeytheplayer
is using providers that he has never seen for references. Make sure the references get back to you. Don’t just assume that a client who provides a reference must be ok.
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I am calling on my community and our allies to rise up and band together and fight back against the tyranny and the lies perpetrated by police about
#sexwork
.
#sexworkers
and our clients need to be prepared to sue our governments so we can have autonomy over our own bodies
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And that why
#sexwork
needs to be framed as a labor rights initiative. Strippers could challenge these unfair labor practices and not be hamstrung by unethical sripclub owners.
My house fee today is $170 not including tipping out staff or extra fees that I have to pay for “specialty dances” and vip rooms.
#tipyourstripper
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Welcome to a world of people who are "trained" to spot human trafficking victims. No more traveling alone ladies. Don't sit at the hotel bar! Want to have a one night stand while you are out of town? Be prepared for your housekeeper to call the cops!
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If you care about trans rights and representation, then you need to listen to the stories of trans women, particularly trans women of color, for whom criminalization can mean getting stuck in a cycle of disenfranchisement.
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Here are 10 reasons to fully
#decriminalize
#SexWork
from
@OpenSociety
But there are also 10 things that anyone can do to support
#SexWorkers
and
#SexTrafficking
survivors.
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Brush up on
#knowyourrights
strategies to
#freezeoutle
in
#southflorida
#miami
at the
#SuperBowl2020
because they are hunting adult consensual
#sexworkers
AND their clients they are calling it preventing
#sextrafficking
but we know better.
Here’s why you should know about how
#Knowyourrights
training helps
#sexworkers
navigate encounters with
#LawEnforcement
. It’s easy just to know your rights in your head but it’s a lot harder to put into practice.
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This is an excellent time to bring up the fact that in a decriminalized environment,
#sexworkers
could report violence without the cops telling them they wouldn’t arrest them.
Potential serial killer, rapist targeting sex workers on Detroit's east side.
#idontfeelsafe
knowing cops are looking for
#sexworkers
#baddate
#decrim
#decriminalizesexwork
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I had a conversation with a civilian stranger at the pharmacy this morning about sex worker rights and was inspired by their enthusiastic engagement. And then I talked to an anti trafficking org and I just wanted to say fuck it.
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Can one of our allies send a fruit basket to this general manager who threw exploitive journalists of his property?
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These are only the ones we have heard about. Don’t assume that not being on Eros means you are safe. Remain silent. Ask for a lawyer. Do not consent to searches. Reaffirm these rights loudly and often.
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#fuckfosta
#sleepover
being planned in various locations in the USA on april 1st. Let us know if you are interested in joining us!
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WARNING TO
#FLORIDA
WORKERS - cops are posing as Uber drivers and offering rides across county lines. Be aware. Be careful.
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So one of the women arrested for consensual
#sexwork
told the officers and her public defender that she was a trafficking victim. Do you suppose they rolled out the menu of fabulous services for victims? No. Her pimp bonded her out. 3rd conviction will be a year in prison.
Prostitution Sting in Orlando on OBT Last Week Results in Arrests - The Umansky Law Firm is highly recommended by us.
@OrlandoLawMan
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If you have arrived in an out call and thought that everything was ok but it turned out to be a sting - try to remember not to say anything.
#remainsilent
. They will try to get you to talk and incriminate yourself which makes for a very easy prosecution.
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Masturbating is fine and not harmful at all. Federal grant applications, however, will actually make you go blind.
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New reporting app features coming soon will alert users to local clients that might be dangerous, abusive or time wasters.
New area reporting section of the app coming along nicely
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Mexico City will decriminalize sex work in a move against trafficking. Sex worker and other human rights groups in Mexico say criminalization of sex work exposes an already vulnerable group to abuses by police and organized crime.
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