Community Activism, decrim, prostitution
JOIN OSWC – Oregon Sex Workers Committee
Are you a current or former sex worker who wants to shape policy, network with other proponents of harm reduction, and support efforts to de-criminalize sex work? Our SW-only zoom meetings welcome you every 1st Tuesday 5:30-6:30 pm, and ALLIES meetings are every 2nd Tuesday, same time. Email oregonsexworkers@protonmail.com for more info to join meetings.… 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
Community Activism, Updates
DSW – Hero of the Month Feature
WOW I am honored to be featured by DecriminalizeSexWork – get to know me here: “People are less likely to learn new information when they’re being shamed. This can apply to anti-vaxxers or in racial education or disability. [With] so many uncomfortable, important topics, if you are telling your audience that they are stupid… Read More
decrim, Updates
Oregon sex workers advocate for decriminalization, in their own words – OPB
Listen to the audio segment here, hosted by John Notarianni of Oregon Public Broadcasting Read More
Community Activism, Updates
Donate via ActBlue – Oregon Sex Workers Committee
These funds shall be used to help facilitate and promote the first ever Human Rights Commission for Sex Workers in Oregon! We have an immediate fundraising goal of $35,000 by July 10th (as of 6.1 we have raised $7,500). The Oregon Sex Workers Committee is comprised of exclusively Sex Workers. Our goal is the decriminalization… Read More
Community Activism, HB3088, Updates
Legislative – Informational Hearing on Repealing Prostitution-related offenses – June 3rd, 2021
Our committee was granted a surprise hearing in this legislative session, five of our members spoke for twenty minutes in total about why legislators should repeal crimes of prostitution, commercial sexual solicitation and promoting prostitution. Our other speakers are: Alex Andrews, International Human Rights Advocate, Executive Director SWOP(Sex Worker Outreach Project) Behind Bars, Former BOD… 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
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
