June 17, 2010 – 3:40 pm | Comments Off

On June 15, 2010 the New York State senate passed a bill that, effective as soon as Governor Paterson signs it, enables survivors of human trafficking to vacate their convictions for prostitution-related offenses. This amendment …

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Sex Worker Literati Reading Series Launching August 6th in NYC
July 27, 2009 – 7:40 am | Comments Off

This isn’t a Sex Work Awareness project, but it’s a reading series put on by Audacia Ray that is of interest to our communities.

Photo by Sinead McCarthy, design by Sinclair Sexsmith
Best-selling author David Henry Sterry …