cyndeeclay

fighting for harm reduction & rights for sex workers & drug users in DC and beyond. Exec Director @HIPSDC -- tweets are my own. Most likely, #NSFSmallMinds

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

@KateDAdamo @thejessicaraven @tamikahs66 @jndeloach @aliciasanchez @theAfroLegalise @TSJANE_1 @NJNP_DC @Rubycorado @BuddEarline OH! that's a powerful list *blushes*

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

"You need to be putting your foot down on (bad) sex work policies as you would on sex work policies" Tamika from @HIPSDC #reform19

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

"There are over 400 syringe exchanges in the US, but only about 10 harm reduction drop in centers for sex workers" -- Justice Rivera @DrugPolicyOrg’s #Reform19

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

"You can't actually be anti violence against women and NOT be in support of sex work #decriminalization -- @KateDadamo War on Women/War on Drugs: Power, Bodies, and Autonomy session at @DrugPolicyOrg’s #Reform19 conference.

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

"We need to learn to resist intersectionally" -- Andrea Ritchie, War on Women/War on Drugs: Power, Bodies, and Autonomy session at @DrugPolicyOrg’s #Reform19 conference.

[Hacking//Hustling 🌅 @hackinghustling]

@CeciliaGentili @tamikahs66 @HIPSDC @DecrimNowDC @SafeSpacesDC @thejessicaraven @YINQ13 @RedCanarySong @kinkoutevents "Sex workers were one of the first communities to create platforms for communication and commerce on the internet... our current government policies have now taken away these spaces... this puts sex workers and victims of trafficking at risk" --@YINQ13 #hackinghustling

[Teresa Garcia (she/her/ella) @TeresaGarciaCa9]

Packed room in War on Women/War on Drugs: Power, Bodies, and Autonomy session at @DrugPolicyOrg’s #Reform19 conference.
How can we elevate awareness that the war on drugs is a continuation of the war on women?
@thecouncilus, @HIPSDC, @LynnPaltrow, @KateDAdamo

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

@stuartsymington @HIPSDC Thank you Stuart! Lots of us from HIPS were at the #decrimnow hearing and didn't make it out in time! We heard it was a fun event, and we are so grateful and honored!

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

Aaaaaand. It's done. 14.5 hours. Great job. Thank you #decrimnowdc

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

If nothing else, CM Allen is grilling them over the sentencing numbers. At midnight. #decrimnowdc

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

US AO says that the low level prostitution busts lead to larger trafficking cases. So we have to keep arresting everyone, or else we can't address trafficking. Seems.....legit?? #decrimnowdc

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

@theAfroLegalise what about shiny high heels?

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

US AOJ "Ending demand is critical in ending sex trafficking"

I"m pretty sure ending violence, coercion and exploitation would work as well. #DecrimNowDC

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

US OAJ is testifying about trafficking victims. and how hard it is to prosecute, and absolutely nothing about what this bill is about. #DecrimNowDC

[@decrimny.bsky.social @DecrimNY]

We fight for decriminalization, and not partial criminalization, because we recognize police violence as part of the problem & we see the ways that laws criminalizing “third parties” are used to criminalize peer safety strategies. #DecrimNow #DecrimNowDC

🎨: @ethicalpute

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

President of the National Organization for Woman now testifying in favor of letting men throw women in cages for having sex 😓 #decrimnow #decrimdc

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

Oh, well..."MPD’s Human Trafficking Unit doesn’t make many human trafficking arrests. But officers do expose their penises to sex workers and have them undress."https://t.co/FVfnfnuMQ2

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

@SafeSpacesDC this was SO GOOD!

[cyndeeclay @CyndeeClay]

SEX WORKERS SELL SERVICES NOT THEIR BODIES. Construction workers contract for services not their bodies. Massage therapists contract for services, not their bodies -- all use their bodies for labor. ASLO, K2 was around WAY BEFORE pot decrim. #myths #decrimnow