SEX FOR MONEY NOT FOR PRISON TIME! Don't forget to CHECK OUT the national org site at WWW.SWOP-USA.ORG. SPEAKERS AND TRAINERS ARE AVAILABLE TO COME YOUR SCHOOL OR ORGANIZATION. Email us.
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Music
LIL KIM, Eartha Kitt "Hey Big Spender," Peggy Lee "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" "Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend"
Movies
Television
check out more videos on http://swopla.blip.tv
Books
Heroes
Robyn Few, national founder of SWOP-USA, 2003. Carol Leigh/ Scarlot Harlot, Unrepentant Whore #1, creator of the term "sex work," Jenna Jameson, AND TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR:Outlaw Activists Against the World UNITE!
BACKGROUND:
SEX WORKERS OUTREACH PROJECT LOS ANGELES (SWOP-LA) is the Southern California branch of SEX WORKERS OUTREACH PROJECT-USA (SWOP-USA), a national social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of sex workers and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy. SWOP-LA began as SWOP-UCLA during the graduate school career of founder and director Mariko Passion on the University of California, Los Angeles campus from 2004-2006. After graduating with a degree in social justice education, Ms. Passion officially formed SWOP-LA in December of 2006 which was aimed at expanding beyond the privileged community of the University and working with the social and economically diverse population of urban Los Angeles.
MISSION:
The mission of SWOP-LA is to advocate sex worker rights, recognition, respect and visibility through social justice education, advocacy and outreach with a focus on women of color and LGBTQ (especially bisexual and transsexual) persons that may identify with the term “sex worker” and “queer” and those persons that do not. SWOP-LA’s focus and mission is an anti-oppression, anti-violence, HIV/STD awareness campaign that seeks to speak with those on the margins of society. Our outreach campaign would seek to include those working in the sex trade who are marginalized by the greater sex worker rights movement such as youth (14-25) street based workers, women of color, transgender workers, undocumented immigrant workers, and non English speaking workers, their clients, partners and families.
Who I'd like to meet: We are open to members who are male, female, transgender, non gender conforming and of any sexual orientation. We are open and supportive of sex workers who are currently or formerly working or transitioning. We do not view prostitution as a pathology or an addiction. We do not need to be saved, WE NEED RESPECT & JUSTICE. We are warriors, survivors, hustlers and outlaws. We have been around since the beginning of client, I mean man.
Only after the WHORE REVOLUTION, will there be respectful exchanges between man and woman, and a provider will be given the freedom and safety to be respected for the erotic services that she is professionally providing to her clients.
We are open to non sex worker allies, especially those folks who can get behind the concept of a WHORE REVOLUTION. (borrowed by emi koyama, eminism.org) We need to TAKE BACK what IS rightfully OURS. WE need SELF DETERMINATION of our bodies and sex. We must gain sisterhood with the REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE movement. The right to have or not have children. The right to have sex for free or for money without criminal or institutionalized violence gone unchecked. Time AND Resources to raise our children, to fuel our dreams. Busting the binary between MADONNA and WHORE. SISTERS and BITCHES. Bitches are your sisters and all sisters have been called a BITCH sometime in their life by some similar cat who thought he was JAY-Z...
We embody an anti-oppression framework conscious of racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, gender conformity, fat oppression, adultism, xenophobia, and ageism. So that's what we be about, word to your mother!
PLEASE DON'T SEND STUPID MESSAGES SOLICITING US FOR SEX. THIS IS AN ACTIVISM SITE, IF YOU WERE TRULY A POTENTIAL CLIENT YOU WOULD KNOW HOW AND WHERE TO CONTACT US FOR THAT. PEACE.
!!MAILING LIST FOR ALL SWOP-LA EVENTS, NEWS AND INFO IS NOT ON MYSPACE!!! It is done by subscribing to our public google group, enter in your email address in the space and be a part of the network RIGHT NOW!
qteam would like to invite all trans and queer youth of color [ages12-25] to apply to our 3rd annual Project Media, Arts, and Culture: Digital Storytelling and Filmmaking training.
Project MAC will provide participants with the skills and tools necessary to make a short 5-minute film, the training will take place on April 11th-13th, and April 19th-20th.
To participate, please fill out the attached application and send it to qteam.
Feel free to contact qteam to receive/send an application:
Support and Join Victoria's Family, Community Leaders, and Elected Representatives.
When: Monday August 27, 2007 6pm - 9pm What: Community Candlelight Vigil to raise our voices against this INJUSTICE!
Where: 300 N. Los Angeles ST. Downtown Los Angeles
HIV + Medication = LIFE HIV + Discrimination = DEATH
Transgender women dies after being denied medical attention for over two months at the San Pedro Immigration Detention Center. This injustice comes after a series of reports of abuse and gross medical negligence against individuals under immigration custody.
For More Information for Victoria Please Contact Coral Lopez or Fredy Ceja 323-727-7896
I'm so very glad that we got to spend time together last week!!! And I'm sorry I didn't get to make it to the gallery closing. How did you do overall? xoxo jessica
Desiree Conference, Sex Workers, and the Disabled. Unfortunitly my financial sponsorship to do a presentation at this year's Desiree conference fell apart, but I can still share a bit of what I've learned here. I also wanted to share some thoughts and ideas below.
When talking about the disabled, we need to remember that the term refers to many groups of people including: blind, deaf, disabled since birth, injured veterians, recently disabled, and a population that is getting older. These groups have physical limitations that sex workers need to understand. I've learned the painful way this year that mainstream disablity groups often don't want to work with sex workers. A solution may be to have a group of sex workers adopt the running of a yearly workshop on disability at the desiree conference, has need, they'd do fundraising for printed materials, videos, and if needed, speakers. the United Kingdom has a group that does this.
Hey miss, how you doin? I just wanted to thank you for the email, you know your stuff eh! Anyways good luck on the g/g scene sweetie, I'd love to know what movie it comes out on? Thanks for the compliments too babe, you made me blush! lol!
"ADOPT A CLITORIS" FUNDRAISING PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA !!!
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Wed Feb 7th Orchid Ladies Night
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@ 9PM till late...
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I wanted to say thank you so much for the wonderful comment. I am sorry I have not answered sooner. I defnitely believe that prostitution should be decriminalized to protect the health and welfare of sex workers- who are risk of life threatning diseases on a daily basis as well as physical and sexual abuse.
The staggering rates of violence in this country are outrageous, as well as the treatment of young women in the sex trade as no human interests involved. Prostitution is one of the oldest professions in the world, and will carry on for centuries to come. Let us protect these men and women because they are friends, sisters/brothers, fathers/mothers, and relatives.
It is scary to think how young these kids get involved in the sex trade, and lack of ability and willingness to do something! 30 children are abducted every month in GA and the senator brags about saving 6 kids- when 24 are still being abused and the future children to be robbed of their innocence!
It is incredible to see how many lives are sacraficed in the name of political correctness! I think it's time to put the concern for one's health and welfare verses perception and status in one's community. What is right is not always popular, but what is popular isn't always right.
To realize and understand the economic benefits through taxes- that would support community infastructure and schools. As well as protecting the community at large from sexually transmitted infections.
thank you for your time. I wish you the best in your endeavors! Great example I believe is Storybook County- where the famous bunny rach was established and runs to this day!
Sensual Sexy Spiritual... Thanks for the ADD to Raels Girls myspace linking to www.raelsgirls.com. We have had such a pleasure to build them both and to feel the link with all the women out there owning up to the feminime and most natural part of their being... with NO GUILT!!!
Sensual Religiosity... We where created for pleasure, giving,
receiving and expressing it is an Art and many out there get paid for it, yes that`s what we do, among other many other things...
You have all Our support!!!
Light of truth,
Rael`s Girls
