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Originally Posted by Bang Qiu
So depressing. we really have entered an era where we have no rights, no privacy, nothing. And the cops didn't even have to use high tech means of identifying The League members...followed them to the parking lot and ran their license plates. And as Hugh says, what crime was committed? I'm really bummed about this whole LE crack down on our hobby. The religious right has recaptured this country, back to Puritanism, lads. Better find ourselves a black suit and resign ourselves to sex with one ugly, demanding woman for the rest of our miserable lives! May be time to follow my brother off to Thailand...
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I continue to support SWOP, Sex Workers Outreach Project, and MPR members should too. There's a Los Angeles Chapter, also one in the Bay Area, Las Vegas, Seattle, and numerous other cities.
Read this statement about LE shutting down
www.TheReviewboard.net from Savannah Sly ----->
“Migrant sex workers, especially Asian migrant sex workers, are often inaccurately labeled as trafficking victims,” Savannah Sly, SWOP-USA Board President and former Seattle-based sex worker, said. “Just because a women came to the U.S. and works as an escort does not mean she did so involuntarily. These assumptions are blatantly racist and xenophobic. Many migrant workers in the sex trade, emigrate and work voluntarily, because it’s often their best option for addressing issues of poverty, crime, and family needs, at home. It’s criminalization and stigma of sex work and immigration status that makes these workers so vulnerable in the U.S., not the work itself."
The seizure of
www.TheReviewboard.net follows a long pattern of attacks on the adult entertainment websites: the summer raid on Rentboy.com the 2014 raid and seizure of My Redbook, and constant, relentless extra-legal pressure on advertising websites like Craigslist and
www.Backpage.com
“We already know that closing adult websites hurts sex workers and removes law enforcement’s ability to identify actual instances of trafficking” Savannah Sly, SWOP-USA Board President and former Seattle-based sex worker, said, pointing to research following the closure of a similar website, MyRedbook. “It displaces sex workers. It jeopardizes the autonomy and safety of the most marginalized sex workers–especially non-native sex workers and sex workers of color, forcing them to rely on third parties or to engage in street-based sex work which is riskier. It disrupts communities. It increases the marginalization of an already marginalized group. And it doesn’t stop trafficking.”
Read the complete SWOP press release ----->
http://www.swopusa.org/statement-swo...-review-board/
I posted a recent photo of Savannah working at home for SWOP. If you're on Twitter follow her @SavannahSly and @SWOPUSA
Her email address is
[email protected]
Savannah Sly ------>