Sex Workers Rights and Sex Trafficking Laws

Speakers at this event include: Rachel West of US Prostitutes Collective, Kristen DiAngelo of the Sex Workers Outreach Project Sacramento, Siousxie Q James of the Adult Performers Advocacy Committee, Jessica Martinez of Helping Individual People Survive (HIPS from Washington DC), and Margaret Prescott founder of the Black Coalition of Fighting Back Serial Murders.

Moderated by Maxine Doogan: The Erotic Service Providers Legal, Education, and Research Project

Topics include:
-#SB233 a new law which will allow sex workers and trafficking victims to report violent offenders with be arrested as well as upholding their rights to carry condoms.
-SESTA/FOSTA and the aftermath of the take down of adult advertising sites such as Backpage. Did these actions help or hurt, and what were the consequences of these new internet sensorship laws.
-The new study targeting “human trafficking victims’ and how they will be targeted. Learn what survivors think about this study.
-How do current laws effect our most marginalized? Find out how Trans, People of Color, and handicapped populations are targeted during police stings and how we can stop this unconstitutional behavior.