On International Sex Workers Rights Day US Congress Reintroduces Historic Legislation that Centers the Health and Safety of Sex Workers On March 3, 2022, International Sex Workers Rights Day, Rep. Ro Khanna, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Barbara Lee and Sen. Ron Wyden make history by re-introducing the SAFE SEX Workers…

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, meaning there’s often a flurry of legislation that is introduced across the country on the topic. This year was no different. For a community who is deeply impacted by a topic that wins good press, this can mean every bill introduction can cause panic…

What does it mean to survive? What does survival look like? These questions are at the core of many issues which sit at the nexus of economics, public safety, and public health. Understanding and honoring survival is necessary to create programs and policies that prevent and address human trafficking. Without…

An interview with the co-founders of Molly House Project, Shaan Lashun and TT Baum. What is Molly House Project? We were just talking about that for our new website, which is about to launch! Molly House Project (MHP) is an organization that was created in response to the loss of…

by Carole Bernard, CEO of Amara Legal Center When one Googles “sex trafficking” on the Internet, the dominant images one will see will be cis White women and girls. These images show White women and girls with a male Black hand covering their mouths. Other images show White women holding…

Kate D’Adamo, Partner, Reframe Health and Justice If we learned anything in the last year and a half, accessing services for support is a fraught process for many people. Gaps in the social safety net, not being sure of the right place to go and other accessibility barriers can put…

Dreaming a New Anti-Trafficking Movement Read more from Chris Ash and learn about their work at ListenToAllSurvivors and on Twitter. When I first began my work in the anti-trafficking movement, after having already worked in related anti-violence movements for years, I would occasionally come across the writings of human trafficking survivors who were also sex…

by Cecilia Gentili and Zil Goldstein When we talk about violence against sex workers, what do we mean? The rare media story that addresses this topic — often coinciding with the annual obligatory mention of International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers — typically conjures images of physical violence…

Earlier this year, Apple shared a set of interventions regarding young people’s access to technology. After criticism, a narrow set of advocates were asked to give line-edits on the policy and held a series of conversations fronted by these hand-picked advocates. Many things were missing. Missing were marginalized communities who…