U.S. sex work & trafficking policies have been driven by emotion not evidence. We call for fact-based policy-making & scientific data to drive sex work policy.
Sex worker collectives are protesting and calling for an immediate pause on MasterCard's new planned Adult Content policies pending the creation of stakeholder advisory councils and to protest ongoing discrimination from the banking industry. #AcceptanceMatters
#AcceptanceMatters because:
a) People in consensual sex work shouldn't face undue barriers.
b) They do face these barriers.
c) These barriers are actually set up in a way to protect companies, not people.
d) They should protect people instead.
@Mastercard, maybe take a look...
#AcceptanceMatters is the very hypocritical slogan of mastercard as #MastcardCensors Sex Workers from services which can save lives
Find out more: https://t.co/Ss9VdE6eaT
(Don’t out yourself making yourself vulnerable, but sadly there is still vulnerability no matter how public)
"All of society suffers from restrictions on consensual sexuality and speech, increases in surveillance, and misdirection of resources that should help the most vulnerable."
#AcceptanceMatters
https://t.co/J8Vg2fcXur
The denial of financial services to sex workers comes from multiple sources - the platforms themselves, but also campaign groups and the state. They are all responsible for the harms to sex workers as a result.
#AcceptanceMatters
Sign the petition here: https://t.co/CRStUdobqf
If you are a sex worker (UK) and have been affected by financial discrimination, please let us know. We are committed to ending all forms of violence against sex workers, including institutional exclusion.
Take the survey here: https://t.co/pSphD3yg3H
#AcceptanceMatters
Today sex workers across the globe are protesting dangerous financial discrimination and exclusion. Please sign the petition and share the link with the hashtag #acceptancematters if you think sex workers deserve access to banks and payment processors: https://t.co/OUCvPQf15I
Academics studying sex work, please check out the Sex Worker Syllabus hosted @SWSyllabus. Informed by the core principle “nothing about us without us,” we are urging more academics to ethically include SWrs in scholarship and teaching. #CiteSexWorkers
https://t.co/2ooQz7KsdQ
Please listen to the full public hearing and share! @orsexworkers organized and held a critical hearing on @RobNosse's #decrim bill in Oregon. @USProgressives Blue ribbon commission: sex workers, scientists, clergy, activists, doctors, and more. #DecrimNow
https://t.co/ZMUMKLKGm7
The conference will be recorded and people who cannot attend the entire three days will have access to the recordings for 30-days. This is an opportunity to support and learn from Black sex workers. Please share widely. 2/2
The Black Sex Worker's Collective is holding its first conference from Thursday, June 17th to Saturday, June 19th. The BSWC is now offering a discount code: 75OFF, which is good for the entire 3-day pass. 1/2 https://t.co/U5RlgcxisB