SWAAY: (Sex Work Activist Allies and You)
by SWAAY, July 20, 2011
Thank you for visiting SWAAY.org, the web site advocating for understanding, respect, and change by connecting the public with the people and facts behind sex work. Our three-layered approach is reflected in the web site’s structure, meant to draw in people who are new to sex workers’ rights issues and help you understand what sex workers do and who we are, give you information about how to be respectful allies and ethical customers, and motivate you to support sex workers in changing the bad laws and social stigmas that affect our lives.
The “respect” section of the site is currently under construction, and we’re seeking short written submissions from current and former sex workers. Got something to share about how people can be respectful allies? Check out our submission page for more.
July 20th link roundup:
* Newsweek has joined the media panic and published a piece based on the claims of anti-sex worker activist and “researcher” Melissa Farley. (Farley focuses on hyping the tales of the most disadvantaged street-based sex workers she can find, and dismisses the rest of us as “house ni****s”. Yes, she actually wrote that.) Read a response from Charlotte Shane on Tits and Sass, and a Salon article by Tracy Clark Flory.
* The president of Argentina has banned adult ads in print publications, but critics suspect it has less to do with fighting forced trafficking and more with punishing opposition newspapers.
* “Good Intentions,” Bad Results: The International Impact of USA’s Anti-Trafficking Efforts.
* In good news, Taiwan is hopefully headed in the right direction, and has passed a bill allowing red light districts.
* SWOP Chicago has announced the lineup for their Sex Work Film Fest, which takes place August 11-13.
* SWAAY has launched a first-of-its-kind billboard project. Please donate on Epic Step.
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