decrim, Education, Oregon, prostitution, Updates
Live Web Panel – Johns Hopkins University + Woodhull Freedom Foundation
Click Here to Register to Attend the Live Panel – December 3, 2021 – our own OSWC co-chair Biana Beebe is moderating, In collaboration with Woodhull Freedom Foundation, the Oregon Sex Workers’ Committee (OSWC) is honoured to be hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health and Human Rights to discuss the impact of sex… Read More
decrim, Oregon, prostitution, sex work, Updates
Daily Beast – Op Ed on Nicholas Kristof
Oregon is home to a lot of adult-entertainment or XXX venues: drag and fully nude strip clubs, some lingerie modeling or “peep show” type venues, and a few sex clubs. People here in Portland like to brag (or complain) that our city hosts “the most strip clubs per capita” and, as a full-time stripper for… Read More
Community Activism, decrim, Oregon, prostitution, sex work
Prison Pipeline w/ Emma Lugo – Sex workers talk about decriminalization
“My customers saved my life”- listen to sex workers and a survivor of human trafficking and partner violence explain why we are fighting for decriminalization of sex work laws in the state of Oregon. JOIN as a sworker or Ally! Email oregonsexworkers@protonmail.com for info. Segment begins at -28:48 – thank you Emma Lugo and KBOO Read More
decrim, Oregon, prostitution, sex work, Updates
My opinion: It’s time to better laws, more safety for sex workers – Portland Tribune
Originally published in the Portland Tribune: Columnist: ‘Sex trafficking’ isn’t the same as prostitution; it’s time to update Oregon’s laws. On May 3, I read that eight local men, including a former Oregon House Speaker, had been arrested and charged in a “sex trafficking” sting. As a sex worker in Portland since 2009, I… Read More
