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Practicing sexologists interested in offering no- or low-cost online classes or webinars for Creative Sexuality's returning veterans project, please contact us through the tab at left. Help us support disabled vets (and their partners) whose sexuality has been affected by their service.
pread's Whiplash Dance Party in Chinatown, NYC on Feb 27th 2010. Lovely go-go dancers!
Enter the PENET Bookstore to purchase books and for book reviews and recommendations for students, sex industry workers and activists.AMAZON.COM is the registered trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. PENet Links and PageFeatured Issues: Old and New
On The Issues: The Progressive Woman's Magazine (story by BAYSWAN director, Carol Leigh)
Whores-Eye-View: This failed federal legislation made prostitution businesses into federal crimes.
The Best on Spitzer: The most intelligent and perceptive commentary on the Spitzer incident.
BAYSWAN Director, Carol Leigh receives CREATIVE WORK FUND AWARD
Human and Civil Rights Campaign to Oppose New Federal Anti-Prostitution Law
July 2008-San Francisco Ballot Measure to Stop Enforcement of Laws Against Prostitutes and Clients
European Sex Workers' Conference, October 2005: Human Rights Documents download pdf or visit website
Bush Administration Demands Anti-Prostitution Loyalty Oath
Massage Parlor Busts in Califorina
Critiques of Swedish Prostitution Law
Trafficking Policy Research Project
Background materials: Efforts to stop use of condoms as evidence against prostitutes
SWOP Campaign to Decriminalize Prostitution & Berkeley Initiative to Decriminalize Prostitution
General InformationFeatured Pages
International Prostitution Issues, World Conference on Women
Sex Worker Blogs
Sex Workers' Rights Organizations and Websites (Below is a partial list. Click here for roster of sex workers groups around the world)
International
- Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), India
- Dr, Jana of Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), India
- Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers
- Manifesto: Mahila Samanwaya Committee, Calcutta
- The International Seminar of Sex Workers in Asia and Pacific
- Network of Sex Work Projects
- Stella (Montreal, Canada)-Bilingual
- Stepping Stone, Halifax, Canada
- The Naked Truth (strippers organization, Canada)
- Maggies of Toronto, Canada
- Cabiria: France
- Crossroads Women's Centre
- Madonna eV:Germany
- Hydra:Germany
- Maiz:Austria
- Zi Teng: Sex workers in Hong Kong
- Commentary on Swedish Laws by Swedish Sex Worker Activist
- Womyn's Agenda For Change, Cambodia
- The Red Thread, Netherlands
- Asosida-La Fuerza de la Sociedad Civil-Chile
- SWOP: Sex Worker's Outreach Project (NSW, Australia)
- Sex Workers' International Media Watch
- Scarlet Alliance: Australia
- Sex Worker Assistance Guide: Australia
- Red Light Radio Collective: A Project of SIN and PASA
- W.I.S.E- Workers In Sex Emplyment- ACT, Australia
- Streetwalking The World: News Magazine for Internet Escorts
- Prostitution Information Centre: Amsterdam
- Sex Worker's Alliance of Vancouver
- New Zealand Prostitutes Collective
- Davida, Brazil
- Sex Workers Rights Advocacy Network in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- Sex Workers Association in Lima, Peru United States
- COYOTE, San Francisco
- ISWFACE: International Sex Worker Foundation for Art, Culture and Education
- Sex Workers Outreach Project (SF Bay Area)
- Hook Online: Non-Profit Project For Men in the Sex Industry
- Exotic Dancer's Alliance
- Danzine
- North American Task Force on Prostitution
- COYOTE, Los Angeles and ISWFACE
- PONY-Prostitutes of New York
- PENet-Prostitutes' Education Network
- USPROStitutes CollectiveU.S. Sex Workers' Service Organizations and Websites
- Coalition on Prostitution, San Francisco
- Stepping Stone, Halifax, Canada
- St. James Infirmary, San Francisco
- Project SAFE (Philadelphia)
- Different Avenues, Washington D.C.
- HIPS, Washington D.C.
- AIM Health Care: Sex Workers in The Adult Film Industry, Los Angeles
- STORM: Sex Trade Opportunities for Risk Minimization International Sex Workers' Service Organizations and Websites
- Europap: Sex Worker Health in Europe
- TAMPEP (Transnational AIDS/STD Prevention Among Migrant Prostitutes in Europe Project)
- International: Medical Advocates for Social Justice: Sex Worker Health
- Research for Sex Work: HIV Prevention, Health Promotion and Prostitution
- Research for Sex Work: The Journal
- City of Port Phillip: Prostitution & Sex Work
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On June 20th, 2012 at 5:00 PM, members of the Sex Workers Outreach Project- New York City and Sex Workers Action New York (SWOP-NYC & SWANK) will be gathering in front of the Village Voice headquarters to demand that online advertisers, such as Backpage.com, remain open.
The Desiree Alliance conference organizers are committed to support for representation and inclusiveness of cultural, racial, economic, age, and gender identity. Please read our Diversity Statement and join our efforts to build a respectful, diverse, and strong sex worker movement.
Welcometo the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality The oldest professional society dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about sexuality. The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) is an international organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about sexuality.
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is a national organization committed to creating a political, legal, and social environment in the United States that advances equal rights of consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual expression. NCSF is primarily focused on the rights of consenting adults in the SM-leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communities, who often face discrimination because of their sexual expression.
Not a tough call, right? But maybe more complicated than you think for the businesses involved. Before you head out for the lanterns and pitchforks, it's worth remembering that a free press is not free. One of the offshoots of free speech is that it will be used to pernicious ends.
For almost 100 years ASHA has been talking to you about sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STD/STIs). We've helped millions learn how to protect themselves, talk to their partners and parents, know what to do if they have an STD/STI, and much more.
Bisexual.org is maintained by the Bisexual Foundation, a not-for-profit, 501c3 corporation dedicated to the support of the bisexual community and the education of the public at large about the bisexual community. Bisexual.org is the main website of the Bisexual Foundation and is dedicated to the support of bisexual individuals and the education of the public at large about the various bisexual communities.
Advocates for Youth champions efforts that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates believes it can best serve the field by boldly advocating for a more positive and realistic approach to adolescent sexual health. Advocates focuses its work on young people ages 14-25 in the U.S.
Promoting the civil rights of children born with variations of sex anatomy
he American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) is a not-for-profit, interdisciplinary professional organization. In addition to sexuality educators, sexuality counselors and sex therapists, AASECT members include physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, allied health professionals, clergy members, lawyers, sociologists, marriage and family counselors and therapists, family planning specialists and researchers, as well as students in relevant professional disciplines.