On International Whores Day, in the month of Pride, + during mass uprisings in defense of Black lives, we look forward to joining our International Whores' Day NYC Digital Rally comrades to lift up the experiences of Black trans + queer sex workers targeted by multiple levels of criminalization. TOMORROW @ 12 👇🏽

Vice squads would be a great place to start cutting and redirecting funds towards services. The war on drugs and prostitution of the past century was rooted in racism and, the data shows, caused more harm than good. #DefundThePolice #decrimsexwork theguardian.com/us-news/2020/j…

When did "just following orders" become a legitimate excuse? Didn't we all decide that we weren't going to accept that after Nuremberg? nypost.com/2020/06/05/buf… via Google News

Shutting down India’s red-light districts won’t contain coronavirus opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-traf…

Our brief summary of how sex workers have been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and how government public health measures and aid-programs have variously affected sex workers is now published in Exertions by the Society for the Anthropology of Work doi.org/10.21428/1d6be…

Sexwork-history trivia NYC: Corlears Hook's 1st tenement built 1833, as more new Americans poured in so too the bars and brothels. Colloquially called “the Hook”, a notorious slum where prostitution reigned. It’s believed the word “hooker” is derived from this sordid connection.'

U.S. News & World Report: The Case for Decriminalizing Sex Work. usnews.com/news/health-ne… via Google News

A short and accessible summary of our ethnological finding on love across cultures. The conclusion is that arranged and self-arranged marriages have a great deal in common in practice, both balance pragmatic and emotional considerations. Love ResearchNetwork sapiens.org/culture/love-a…

March 3rd is International Sex Worker Rights Day. Stay tuned for the launch of a new campaign for evidence-based sex work policy. SFSWR

Stay tuned for more from Scientists for Sex Worker Rights dropping on Wednesday, March 3rd, International Sex Worker Rights Day...

Science supports the #NY #Senate #decrmin #bill, and so should Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo Julia Salazar (@juliasalazar on bluesky) NYS Senator Julia Salazar The New York Times New York Daily News New York Post amNewYork™ Spectrum News NY1 NBC New York The New Yorker News 12 New York WBAI New York at 99.5 FM, streaming at wbai.org drive.google.com/file/d/1GiJ1KZ…

happy international sex workers rights day! it’s always a good day to remember it’s a global and ongoing movement to decriminalize sex work, to provide mutual aid/resources to sex working communities, and to end stigma towards those in the sex industry.

“Science-Based Policy Means Decriminalizing Sex Work, Say Hundreds of Researchers” #ISWRD #decrim #sexwork #ScientistsForSexWorkerRights reason.com/2021/03/03/sci…

#InternationalSexWorkerRightsDay #Decrim #SexWork #RepealFOSTA #SFSWR

Policies intended to affect anyone selling sex, whether by choice, circumstance, or coercion, need to be based on science. President Donald J. Trump Vice President JD Vance #ScientistsForSWerRights #DataNotDiscrimination #Decriminalize #SWerRightsDay

Research says #decriminalize #sexwork. Time to rethink the policies President Donald J. Trump Vice President JD Vance CatherineCortezMasto Rep. Steven Horsford Dina Titus Senator Jacky Rosen usnews.com/news/health-ne…

Research shows criminalization harms. #CriminalJusticeReform includes rethinking #sexwork policy. President Donald J. Trump Vice President JD Vance Elizabeth Warren Rep. Ro Khanna reason.com/2021/03/03/sci…

Science. Check it out. Health Outcomes Associated with Criminalization and Regulation of Sex Trade chprc.org/health-outcome… # via @ca_hivpolicy_rc

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Manhattan DA ending prosecution of prostitution, unlicensed massage. ajc.com/news/nation-wo… via Google News