Kristin Davis May Run for Mayor if Spitzer Enters the Race

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 March 2011 press@manhattanmadam.com Contact: 917-791-0445 EX-MADAM WILL RUN FOR MAYOR IF SPITZER THROWS HIS BLACK SOCKS IN THE RING To mark the third anniversary of her arrest Ex-Madam Kristin Davis who supplied high priced call girls for former Governor Eliot Spitzer said she will jump in the 2013 New York City [...]

Call for Healers: San Francisco Sex Workers Film and Arts Festival Whore’s Bath

Whores Bath (urban dictionary definition): The gentle dampening of a rag when one must cleanse oneself to use on vaginal area, usually between fuckin’s. Whores Bath (21st century definition): A day of self-care, spa treatments, and magical healing  for current and former sex workers. The San Francisco Sex Workers Film and Arts Festival was established [...]

Call for Performers: San Francisco Sex Workers Film and Arts Festival Cabaret

During every Sex Worker Festival we have a cabaret variety show at SOMArts Gallery to showcase sex workers’ live performance. We prioritize a variety of media and encourage diverse participation and especially encourage street-based workers, trans, queer and sex workers of color. We have a small stipend to pay performers, and are especially interested in [...]

Call for Presenters: Workshops at the San Francisco Sex Workers Festival

Call for Presenters: Workshops at the San Francisco Sex Workers Festival The San Francisco Sex Workers Festival was established in 1998 to provide a forum for the accomplishments of sex worker film and video makers and to screen works about sex workers and the sex industries from around the world. The Sex Worker Festival provides [...]

Schapiro Group studies are junk science

I’ve been writing for months that “studies” done by the Schapiro Group (an Atlanta-based marketing research firm) are garbage, but I’m glad to see that an organization with a much louder voice than mine has come to the same conclusion.  It’ll be interesting to see how much, if at all, these findings are disseminated by [...]

86 the violence performance locations!

Check out the FB Event page http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150110705347734&id=515647733&ref=notif&notif_t=wall#!/event.php?eid=169566556428737 And the locations where this action will take place across the country!  Come out and support! Chicago, IL 2pm Primary action at Watertower place, proceeding to Millenium Park Secondary action at Tulip 3448 N Halsted Tucson AZ, 12pm Jacome Plaza 101 N Stone Ave Austin, TX 2pm 9th [...]

Making sense of the UPR.

So, with all the news happening in the Sex Worker activism camps around the UPR process, I thought it would be wise to try and make sense of it all, which I will be trying to do with this post. UPR is the Universal Periodic Review, and each of the 192 countries in United Nations Human [...]

BREAKING: U.S. ACKNOWLEDGES HUMAN RIGHTS NEEDS OF SEX WORKERS

#### For Immediate Release Contact: Stacey Swimme Communications@StJamesInfirmary.org (877) 776‐2004 x. 2 Sienna Baskin, Esq. SBaskin@urbanjustice.org (646) 602-5695 BREAKING:  U.S. ACKNOWLEDGES HUMAN RIGHTS NEEDS OF SEX WORKERS At UN, US Says No one Should Face Discrimination For Public Services, Including Sex Workers March 9th, 2011- According to their statement in response to the UN’s human [...]

Call for Submissions: Sex Workers Zine Project – Deadline extended to May 1, 2011

The Sex Worker Zine Project seeks to create a zine showcasing the diversity of sex workers’ experiences of all genders, sexualities, ages, abilities, nationalities, immigration statuses, and ethnic backgrounds. International submissions encouraged! This yet to be titled zine will be printed in full cover and will be available for sale with profits supporting the work of SWOP-NYC. All [...]

Sex Workers Outreach Project Calls on Vallejo to Embrace Alternative Approaches to Prostitution Concerns

#### For Immediate Release Sex Workers Outreach Project Calls on Vallejo to Embrace Alternative Approaches to Prostitution Concerns   Contact: Robyn Few, Co-Founder Sex Workers Outreach Project USA (SWOPUSA) 415-895-1500 swopusa@yahoo.com March 3rd 2011 is International Sex Workers’ Rights Day. Around the globe sex workers and allies are celebrating the strength and resilience of their [...]

CALL FOR PERFORMERS & VIDEOS: Sex Worker Cabaret in NYC – Sunday, June 12, 2011

Share Your Sex Worker Pride this June at the Sex Worker Cabaret on June 12th at Public Assembly in Brooklyn!   APPLY TODAY >>> http://www.sexworkercabaret.com/ ** Please Forward Widely! ** We are looking for cabaret acts of 3-7 minutes each for an early evening (7pm -11pm) event: burlesque, performance art, literary readings, comedy, video art, musical [...]