Lawyering for Sex Workers
This panel will focus on the legal issues surrounding sex work, human trafficking, sexual freedom, and human rights. All three panelists and the moderator are attorneys who have dedicated their careers to defending the rights of sex workers and human…
Strategies to Advance the Human Rights of Sex Workers
Sex work policy is an intersectional human rights issue - labor, immigration, racial justice, gender justice, disability justice, and LGBTQIA+ issues all arise under the criminalization of adult consensual sex work. We will discuss sex work policymaking within a human…
Sex Worker Rights & Federal Civil Rights
For years, “allies” have told sex workers they have no rights and that only new legislation will protect them. In a groundbreaking decision, a federal magistrate judge in Gililland v. Southwestern Oregon Community College held that a nursing program’s targeted…
CANCELLED – Trans Sex Workers Human Rights Affirmations
Trans Sex Workers experience a higher rate of Human Rights Violations than nearly any other population. This workshop will help you to greater understand the disconnect and how to stand up for Trans Sex Workers.
Only Rights Will Stop the Wrongs – The Relevance of Sex Work to the Issues of Our Time
You don’t need to be an escort or stripper to benefit from advancements in sex workers rights. Frequently referred to as “canaries in the coalmine”, sex workers are among the first to experience and resist creeping injustices that will eventually…