SWOP-USA

Sex Workers Outreach Project - USA: national social justice network dedicated to fundamental human rights of sex workers focused on ending violence & stigma ☂️

[Red Umbrella Club @redumbrellaclub]

Governor Hochul extends free healthcare program for sex workers

The state Health Department in 2023 awarded $1 million in public funds to two contractors as part of Hochul’s plan to help the “world’s oldest profession,��� but new documents reviewed by The Post show the program extending through June 2028, with $1.5 million more in costs.

Under the initiative, sex workers in NYC and the Buffalo area will continue to receive primary, sexual, behavioral, and dental care.

As part of the pilot program, Callen-Lorde and EHS Inc./Evergreen Health will continue to receive yearly payments of $250,000 to provide sex workers access to medical care via the Health Department’s AIDS Institute.

The original deal expired last year, but the Health Department put out a legal notice in September saying “additional time is needed to evaluate the program.”

The vendors received the extra work without competitive bidding because it “was not feasible in this instance,” the notice said.

Callen-Lorde – who calls itself a “global leader in LGBTQ+ healthcare” — endorses the decriminalization of sex work, according to its website.

The Health Department defended the extension, insisting in a statement that “all New Yorkers deserve access to quality, barrier-free health care,” and that” the only thing driving the department’s decisions are what is best for public health and safety of New Yorkers.”

Read more: https://t.co/Gk1VtGoqvE

[RUS - Red Umbrella Sweden @RedUmbrellaSwe]

RUS kommer vara med på Malmö Pride den 3e juli och du kan läsa mer om det på vår hemsidas blogg:
https://t.co/CUevnJgCKG

[SWOP Mpls @SWOPMPLS]

INTERNATIONAL WHORES DAY JUNE 2nd !!! JOIN US FOR A PARTY IN THE STREETS 💖📍3pm outside the old sexworld & old choice building!!!!

[Goddess Maree 🍒 @Goddess_Maree]

Sex work is widely regarded as one of the world's oldest professions, with historical evidence dating back thousands of years, and the global demand for it remains massive, but yet it's:

- 'They’re all whores.'
- 'Get a real job.'
- 'They have no self-respect.'
- 'Disgusting, they’re ruining society.'
- 'They're easy women who just want cash'
- 'Only low-value men pay for it anyway.'
- "They’re ruining it for 'real' women"

👏 You cannot demand a service while simultaneously degrading those that provide it. 👏

[Decrim Miami @Decrim305]

📢Tune in for a special Instagram Live ☂️

📅 June 2
⏰ 7 PM EST
📍 Live on Instagram

Bring your questions and join the conversation! ❤️

[Red Umbrella Club @redumbrellaclub]

Voluntary Adult Sex Workers Cannot Be 'Rescued' Or Detained Against Their Will: Supreme Court

In a landmark ruling aiming to mitigate the concerns of the victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation (CSE), the Supreme Court has held that the consent of adult sex workers must be the primary consideration in decisions relating to rehabilitation, reintegration, and placement in protective homes.

While adjudicating a miscellaneous plea seeking guidelines and directions to protect the fundamental rights of victims of trafficking for CSE, a bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan, accepting Senior Advocate Ms. Aparna Bhat submission, regarding the preparation of a 'Victim Protection Plan', held that victims cannot be treated as passive objects of rescue and rehabilitation, and that their choices and autonomy must be respected.

The Court rejected the paternalistic assumptions under the existing framework i.e., Section 17 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (ITPA), which often treats all persons rescued from prostitution-related situations in the same manner, irrespective of whether they were trafficked, coerced, or voluntarily engaged in sex work. According to the bench, such a "one-size-fits-all" approach fails to account for the diverse realities of those brought before magistrates.

“It is the victim's life, liberty, and future that the order will determine, and thus it would be incongruous to hold that all of this can be decided without any regard for what the victim wants.”, the Court observed.

Read more: https://t.co/AFMTO9zCgc

[RUS - Red Umbrella Sweden @RedUmbrellaSwe]

Imorgon är det sista dagen att handla våran senaste merch drop som firar Internationella H*ra Dagen på den 2:e juni ☂️ 🛍️

Tomorrow is the last day to shop our latest merch drop celebrating International Wh*res’ Day on June 2nd ☂️ 🛍️

[ASWA @AfricaSexWork]

𝐍𝐨 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐔𝐬!

This ����𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐱 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐃𝐚𝐲, join advocates, activists, and community leaders from across Africa for a powerful conversation on advancing access to justice for sex workers.

Together, we'll explore the realities of criminalization, barriers to legal protection, violence, and the pathways toward dignity, safety, and decriminalization.

🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏰ 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EAT

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://t.co/1CWks6b1hS

@GlobalSexWork @redumbrellafund

#internationalsexworkersday #iswd2026 #NoJusticeWithoutUs #sexworkersrightsarehumanrights #decriminalizesexwork #AccessToJustice #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #ASWA

[Greg Battiste @greg_battiste]

REMINDER TO SUPPORT SEX WORKERS because governments won’t protect them, banks blacklist them, social media censors them, courts fail them, politicians scapegoat them, police don't prioritize them, even the platforms profiting off them try to abandon them. It's up to us, y'all. ✊🏼

[Nicole Prause @NicoleRPrause]

Hilariously, the latest claim by multi-millionaire @LailaMickelwait that the "UN" wants Pornhub prosecuted?
Actually they say https://t.co/sMkaAfh5pX, the platform sponsoring her (!) via Bill Ackman 😂 and the "experts" are explicitly not speaking for the UN.
Grift after grift...

[Eric Sprankle, PsyD @DrSprankle]

What’s weird is being sexually intimidated by bike seats and horse saddles.

[SWOP-USA @swopusa]

"It’s not clear what they hoped for by mentioning their police credentials"

isn't it? I hate the way outlets cover stories like this.

[Triple-X Workers @XXXWorkers]

“Caught at the scene of an assault against a woman in Barcelona, off-duty Toronto cops identified themselves as police officers to Spanish law enforcement & flashed Toronto badge. It’s not clear what they hoped for by mentioning their police credentials…”
https://t.co/JS35FqGbLe

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

THREAD. Everything I wrote in Copaganda is becoming more relevant as they manufacture bipartisan consent for authoritarian control. And it's important to me that all my work is accessible for free. I want to remind teachers: we have free copies of the book for your students.

[London River @LondonRiverSFW]

Sex work is the voluntary exchange of a service for capital.

Sex work is work.

Sex trafficking is not a voluntary exchange. When you conflate these things you do a disservice to both consensual workers and trafficking victims.

[SpankChain @SpankChain]

Why does the adult industry so often become the internet’s test case?

Let's talk 🧵👇

[SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars]

This bill does not decriminalize anything for trafficking survivors or people in the sex trade. It does the opposite by expanding the definition of prostitution, ensuring even more survivors will be prosecuted.

[SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars]

90% of sex trafficking survivors reported experiences of arrest, often for offenses under similar anti-trafficking legislation. Of those, 81% reported their criminal history as a barrier to obtaining employment and 55% as a barrier to housing.

[SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars]

The "promoting prostitution" language is broad enough to criminalize anyone financially connected to a person in the sex trade:
Roommates splitting rent
Partners sharing expenses
Family members receiving financial support
Friends stashing money for a survivor planning to escape

[SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars]

The definition of prostitution is broadened to include any exchange of sexual activity for money or something of value, capturing a more vague range of conduct than current law, including survival sex, which is often how vulnerable people escape their traffickers.

[SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars]

Why SB 45 is harmful:

SB 45 relocates all prostitution offenses into the human trafficking chapter and dramatically expands criminalization of survivors, people in the sex trade, and the people closest to them as well as conflating these experiences.

Specifically: