Community Activism, Updates
Decriminalize Sex Work in Oregon – Update
There is no longer a legislative effort to decrim sex work in Oregon (the March 18th Salem-hearing was postponed and then canceled, HB3088 is dead. INSTEAD: research polling shows that Oregon VOTERS could be the ones to make history if they support a ballot measure to Decrim Oregon sex work. NEXT: We have to explain… Read More
Community Activism, Updates
Why Decriminalize Sex Work in Oregon – Submit Your Testimony!
House Bill 3088 is scheduled for a judiciary committee hearing on 3/18/21 – this means that certain Oregon Representatives will hear arguments for why to support decriminalization of sex work in Oregon. We need you to email and tell these legislators why decriminalization will reduce harm and cycles of victimization. Rep.JanelleBynum@oregonlegislature.gov Rep.RonNoble@oregonlegislature.gov Rep.KarinPower@oregonlegislature.gov Rep.MaxineDexter@oregonlegislature.gov Rep.KenHelm@oregonlegislature.gov Rep.JasonKropf@oregonlegislature.gov Rep.RickLewis@oregonlegislature.gov… Read More
Interviews
A stripper’s crusade to improve dancers’ working conditions – Salon.com
New efforts by a coalition of strippers, social workers and professional lobbyists aim to change all that, though, through the unprecedented move of lobbying the state legislature directly. Their ultimate goal is to improve safety standards for Oregon’s live entertainers, a task that could turn out to be tougher than it seems in the face… Read More
Articles, Interviews
Oregon’s Stripper Lobby: Legislators Ask Exotic Dancers for Help With Strip Club Bill – Daily Beast
Oregon lobbyists are inviting exotic dancers to write their own labor legislation. Only in Portland. The rainy Northwest city not only brags of having more strip clubs per capita than any other place in the U.S., its booming adult entertainment industry has gone hipster. According to the Strip Club Guide released this summer by Portland’s… Read More
