Repeal the #WalkingWhileTrans ban

A coalition seeking to end gender-based + racial profiling. Goal: Pass A654/S2253 in Albany to repeal #WalkingWhileTrans (PL 240.37) & seal violations.

[Repeal the #WalkingWhileTrans ban @RepealWWT]

OFFICIAL: The #WalkingWhileTrans ban has passed in the Senate and the Assembly.

We did it! Our communities did it!

[Repeal the #WalkingWhileTrans ban @RepealWWT]

To be anti-trafficking means to be pro-resources. Ensuring undocumented survivors have access to resources is a moral imperative. This bill should pass without delay. @NYSenate @CarlHeastie @GovKathyHochul

[Jessica González-Rojas (votejgr.bsky.social) @votejgr]

As Chair of the Assembly’s Subcommittee on Human Trafficking, I was proud to launch the New York Connect And Recognize Every Survivor (CARES) Act on Thursday. My bill, A8318 with @SenatorCCleare would provide undocumented victims of crime including trafficking with resources.

[#HALTsolitary — Go to bit.ly/EndSolitaryNY @NYCAIC]

GETTING STARTED: NYC Public Advocate @JumaaneWilliams, NYC Comptroller @bradlander, many NYC Councilmembers and New Yorkers devastated by solitary confinement are rallying ahead of tomorrow's NYC Council vote on Intro. 549 to ban solitary at Rikers and other local jails.

[New Hour @NewHourNY]

“Women continue to suffer deep neglect behind bars and a resoundingly clear example of this is DOC’s admission of its lack of distribution of menstrual products,” Serena Martin-Liguori, New Hour executive director told City & State. https://t.co/PuB55BTEUo

[@decrimny.bsky.social @DecrimNY]

We need your help!

As many may know, we are heading up to Albany for a lobby day on March 1st & anticipate having s3x workers & other community members join us.

Our goal is to give a stipend to each person, but we are short on funds.

Please dontate via the link below!

[Repeal the #WalkingWhileTrans ban @RepealWWT]

💯💯💯 @CeciliaGentili

[Latino USA @LatinoUSA]

Tomorrow on @LatinoUSA, trans activist, actress, and author @ceciliagentili on the intersections of advocacy and storytelling: “The best way to create the change that we want in society and in our lives is by sharing our stories and asking for what we need.

Don't miss it 🎙️

[New Yorkers Against Gun Violence @NYAGV1]

This article’s photo is misleading. Data confirms that bail reform did not cause gun violence. And, bail-reform roll backs will not prevent or reduce gun violence. The “gun safety laws” that took effect at the announcement pictured were unrelated to bail. @politico

[Jeff Coltin @JCColtin]

Idk the specifics, but I feel like these may be connected.

[Jared Trujillo @JaredTruEsqueer]

South Africa is getting closer to decriminalizing sex work to address violence against workers & reduce STI transmissions. Decrim is recognized by leading harm reduction advocates as the best way to empower workers. 2023 must be the year NY passed comprehensive decrim as well

[@decrimny.bsky.social @DecrimNY]

The .@NYPDnews is supposedly an anti terrorism unit. Today, they're harassing, brutalizing, & arresting @nycforabortion advocates who are trying to protect people as they try to access an abortion clinic. @NYCMayor @NYCSpeakerAdams dismantle the SRG

[Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22) @CabanD22]

This morning, I joined @NYCMayor, @NYCSpeakerAdams & @nycendgbv to sign two bills into law that remove barriers faced by survivors of domestic & gender-based violence.

Make no mistake: these laws will certainly save lives. (1/3)

[Center for Community Alternatives @CCA_NY]

NEW YORK CITY! Come out TOMORROW for a Statewide Day of Action for #CommunitiesNotCages! At 12pm, rally across the state. At 4pm, join a virtual power hour. Now is the time to end mass incarceration and bring our loved ones home. RSVP: https://t.co/wdimGJxJRl

[Abolitionist Law Center @AbolitionistLC]

Despite Black people making up only 12.4% of the US population in 2020, 46% of all those serving Death by Incarceration (DBI) sentences are Black. Today, we called on the @UN to condemn the cruel and racist practice of Death by Incarceration. Read more: https://t.co/oj7JXLj8mY

[Jared Trujillo @JaredTruEsqueer]

LA just opened monkey pox vaccine eligibility for all sex workers, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. This is good public policy and NY should be next @GovKathyHochul @NYCMayor

[@decrimny.bsky.social @DecrimNY]

LGBTQ+ folks that have interacted with the criminal legal system now have until 7/31 to take this survey @LambdaLegal @BLACKandPINKorg

[#HALTsolitary — Go to bit.ly/EndSolitaryNY @NYCAIC]

Please join a rally to end solitary confinement in NYC jails tomorrow, June 16, 11 am at City Hall. This month marks 7 years since Kalief Browder died and 3 years since Layleen Polanco died. Yet, NYC still locks people in solitary 23+ hours a day. The city must end solitary now!

[Center for Community Alternatives @CCA_NY]

Today, the Senate passed #CleanSlateNY. Now, we call on you, @CarlHeastie, to act NOW and bring the bill to a vote in the Assembly. It is time to end perpetual punishment and allow our communities to thrive. CLEAN SLATE CAN'T WAIT.

[Red Canary Song @RedCanarySong]

In NY, unlicensed massage is one of the few professions where workers are arrested for simply trying to make ends meet.

More than 90% of those arrested are Asian women. The majority are noncitizens.

This criminalization traps low-income, Asian migrants in systemic poverty.

[Lambda Legal @LambdaLegal]

Sex workers are too often are targeted by the criminal legal system. We believe you, we trust you, and we want to hear about your experience.

Take this anonymous & confidential community survey: https://t.co/ABTBIzRLAg

[Sex Workers Project @UJCSexWorkers]

This powerful piece by our comrades @JaredTruEsqueer, @CeciliaGentili & @bridges4_life is the clearest argument for why we need to end NYPD Vice & invest in services for sex workers.

We're honored to work with them, & follow their lead, in this fight.
https://t.co/X9bnnp2Fwu

[NYCLU (Find us on Bluesky) @NYCLU]

"In spite of vice’s abuse, workers have formed organizations + collectives focused on harm reduction + providing resources...Imagine how much good they could do w/ even half of the $18 mil budgeted for vice." @JaredTruEsqueer @bridges4_life @CeciliaGentili
https://t.co/bRVH46bVrA