Erotic Dancers Deny Prostitution Charges

Erotic Dancers Deny Prostitution Charges
Reporting: Mike Puccinelli
Two suburban women accused of prostitution are defending themselves. They say they were not selling sex. The studio was raided on Tuesday, and the women were charged. But they tell CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli they committed no crime.
New Dance Expressions: It’s a business where, according to their Youtube ad, [...]

Chicagoans respond to Tom Dart’s Craigslist Lawsuit

The RedLightDistrict crew hit the streets to ask Chicagoans what they really think about Sheriff Tom Dart’s lawsuit against Craigslist. Here’s what we found out-

Statement on Craigslist Law Suit

SWOP-Chicago does not condone the actions of the Cook County sheriff towards Craigslist. These actions are meant to persecute adults engaging in consensual sexual acts for money and goods of value. Creating criminal records for sex workers bars them from other forms of employment outside of sex work and may limit their ability to seek [...]

44 arrested in FBI sting

For your daily dose of fucked up, I give you Operation Cross Country. SWOP-LV on Bound, not Gagged posted about this. When I wrote about this on my personal blog, I didn’t realize it had happened in Chicago. Basically, you have FBI agents arresting sex workers solicited on Craigslist. Ostensibly, they’re targeting child prostitution and [...]

National March For Sex Workers Rights Video-Washington DC

Here’s some video highlights of the National March for Sex Workers Rights held December 17 in Washington DC. Included are speeches from community leaders and actual march footage.

CLEARLY They’re Unhappy

Thanks to Amber L. Rhea for the CNN article link. Crossposted at La Libertine’s Salon.
Wow. I just read this amazing statistic that said nearly half of all respondents in a survey would leave their industry in the next three years if they had an alternative. IF THEY HAD AN ALTERNATIVE!
What horrible industry do these [...]

Spread the word About Prop K in San Francisco

Proposition K in San Francisco calls for the city to end the harmful practice of arrest-based approaches to sex work. Sex workers and supporters are the major driving force behind this ballot initiative and the ‘Yes on K‘ team is working hard to ensure that sex workers’ voices are heard during the election. We need [...]

Sex Worker Rights Are Human Rights

This is a good representation of what Human Rights should look like in my humble opinion. I believe this is what we should all be fighting for and insisting on.
XOXOX- Pussy Willow
Sex Worker Rights Are Human Rights
By Juhu Thukral, On The Issues Magazine
Posted on August 28, 2008, Printed on August 30, 2008
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The [...]

Kill Liberals– The TN Unitarian Church Murderer’s Motive

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Kill Liberals – The TN Unitarian Church Murderer’s Motive
July 28, 2008
Kill Liberals– The TN Unitarian Church Murderer’s Motive
By Rob Kall
The 58 year old killer who entered a Unitarian Church in Tennessee was set on killing liberals.
He’d learned the Tennessee Valley Universalist Unity Church was a liberal organization that supported Gays and liberal issues. [...]

Spare Us Paternalism Say Organizing Chicago Sex Workers

Spare Us Paternalism Say Organizing Chicago Sex Workers
by Martha Rosenberg
http://www.opednews.com
Nicholas Kristof was baffled.
A year after the New York Times columnist rescued teenaged Cambodian prostitute Srey Mom from a Poipet brothel by purchasing her freedom for $203, she was back in the brothel.Voluntarily.
In fact, she wouldn’t even be rescued initially without her cell phone and [...]