Media Mentions

2012

Secret Service Scandal Moves Advocates to Call for Legal US Prostitution

ABC News -- 04/23/2012

Advocates for NY sex workers want condoms banned as evidence in prostitution cases

Washington Post -- 04/17/2012

Groups Want Condoms Banned As Evidence Of Prostitution

Politics on the Hudson -- 04/17/2012

Prostitutes Push for N.Y. Law Banning Condoms as Evidence

Bloomberg -- 04/17/2012

Bill: Don't use condoms in prosecutions, persecutions

TimesUnion -- 04/17/2012

Group Wants NY To Ban Practice Of Using Condoms As Evidence In Criminal Cases

CBS New York -- 04/17/2012

NY advocates say condom evidence is unhealthy

Wall Street Journal -- 04/17/2012

NY advocates want condoms out of prostitute cases

NewsTimes -- 04/17/2012

Sex worker advocates call for NYC condom evidence ban

BBC News -- 04/17/2012

Legislation supports safer sex

TimesUnion -- 04/17/2012

Cond�n 'poco saludable'

El Diario NY -- 04/17/2012

There's no FilAm organization advocating for transgender women

The FilAm -- 03/18/2012

Transgender Filipinos confront the stigma of prostitution

The FilAm -- 03/17/2012

Future of Feminism: Sex Workers Deserve Dignity and Care

Ms Magazine -- 03/15/2012

The Policy That Keeps Prostitutes From Carrying and Using Condoms

The Atlantic -- 03/09/2012

Bill could prevent police from seizing condoms from prostitutes as evidence

Niagara Hub -- 03/02/2012

N.Y. Bill Would Bar Condoms as Evidence of Sex Work

Repro Health Watch -- 03/02/2012

State Bill Would Bar Condoms as Prostitution Evidence

New York Times -- 02/29/2012

For the Love of Justice: A Valentine's Day Tribute to Frederick Douglass

Huffington Post -- 02/14/2012

As Other Crimes Recede, Street Prostitution Keeps Its Wily Hold

New York Times -- 02/13/2012

Building Effective Anti-Trafficking Efforts: Drivers as Allies

Huffington Post -- 01/13/2012

Confiscating Condoms? The Dumbfounding Ways Police Deal With Prostitution

Alternet -- 01/13/2012

Human Trafficking of Immigrant Transgender Women: Hidden in the Shadows

Race-Talk -- 01/11/2012

Building Effective Anti-Trafficking Efforts: Drivers as Allies

Race-Talk -- 01/11/2012

Portrait of a Prostitute

New York Times -- 01/09/2012

2011

Sex Workers Rallying to Protest Google's Funding of Morality Groups

XBiz.com -- 12/21/2011

Audacia Ray testifies on Intro 725

audaciaray.com -- 12/17/2011

Condoms as evidence: a discriminatory practice and contradictory policy in NYC

Rights Views -- 11/24/2011

Sex Trafficking Victims Get Care from NYC Prosecutors

NBC News -- 11/24/2011

Stopping Police and DAs from Using Condoms to Convict Sex Workers

Feministe -- 11/14/2011

Stopping Police and DAs from Using Condoms to Convict Sex Workers

Alternet -- 11/14/2011

Making Sex Workers Visible in the Village Voice Media Ad Controversy

In These Times -- 11/11/2011

Stopping Police and DAs from Using Condoms to Convict Sex Workers

On the Issues Magazine -- 11/10/2011

Women at the helm

Go Magazine -- 11/09/2011

Seriously, I just want an escort

Slate -- 10/31/2011

Denver police increase efforts against human trafficking

The Denver Post -- 10/30/2011

Trafficked Womens' Second Chance

The Daily Beast -- 10/04/2011

The Upside of Quitting

Freakonomics -- 09/30/2011

What can we learn from the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual violence case?

Race-Talk -- 09/16/2011

Sex felony bill banning prostitution by schools hailed by locals, criticized by civil rights group

NY Daily News -- 07/21/2011

E-Filing Tops Judiciary's Priorities as Legislative Session Winds Down

New York Law Journal -- 06/10/2011

Promoting the Human Rights of Sex Workers During the Global Economic Crisis

RH Reality Check -- 06/01/2011

Bodies in Long Island Chill New York's Sex Workers

The Atlantic Wire -- 05/31/2011

Shocking: Sex Workers are Being Prosecuted for Carrying Condoms

Alternet -- 05/30/2011

For Prostitutes, the Discovery of Bodies on Long Island Is Stoking Fear

New York Times -- 05/30/2011

Community Leaders Push for Prostitution Bill

Tremont Tribune -- 05/12/2011

U.S. Sex Workers Hail Nation's New Stance

We-News -- 04/21/2011

Gilgo Beach bodies spotlight the risks prostitutes face

examiner.com -- 04/20/2011

Long Island Serial Killer

NPR -- 04/13/2011

Prostitutes� Disappearances Were Noticed Only When the First Bodies Were Found

New York Times -- 04/07/2011

Condoms Can Still Be Evidence of Prostitution in NYC

Village Voice -- 03/24/2011

For Sex Workers, Recommendation #86 Will Go Down in History

Ms Magazine -- 03/15/2011

Opinion: Dangerous occupation, easy target

Newsday -- 02/02/2011

For 4, life of prostitution and death by 1 killer

Bloomberg -- 01/29/2011

Gilgo Beach: Victims Named: On the trail of a serial killer

Newsday -- 01/25/2011

Dispatch from New York

Wagadu -- 01/18/2011

Traffic Jams: Trading Dignity for Protection in Sex Work Debates

In These Times -- 01/14/2011

Close to home: Complications in the domestic anti-trafficking discourse

Race-Talk -- 01/11/2011

Stop Murder: News Coincides with Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

On the Issues -- 01/05/2011

Letter to the editor re: Decriminalizing Prostitution

New York Times -- 01/03/2011

2010

Body of Woman Found in Suitcase Remains Unclaimed in City Morgue

DNAinfo -- 12/31/2010

Spotlight on Craigslist Sex Ads After Long Island Bodies Discovery

The Daily Beast -- 12/21/2010

International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

The Curvature -- 12/17/2010

Protect Sex Workers by Telling New Yorkers that Carrying Condoms is not a Crime

change.org -- 12/17/2010

Group of Sex Workers Calls for End of Violence

CNBC -- 12/17/2010

Long Island Serial Killings Center Stage at International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

In These Times -- 12/17/2010

Client 9 and Moral Hypocrisy: A Sex Workers� Rights Perspective on the Eliot Spitzer Documentary

Feministing -- 11/16/2010

FBI Busts Consenting Adults for Having Sex

Alternet -- 11/08/2010

The Eliot Spitzer scandal's true victims

The Guardian -- 11/08/2010

Class Action Against a Classy Joint

Business Insurance -- 11/01/2010

Craigslist Speaks

John Stossel's Take -- 09/17/2010

When Is Bondage Prostitution? Records May Help Set Boundaries

New York Law Journal -- 09/09/2010

Economist Debates: Prostitution

The Economist -- 09/06/2010

Hypocritical Legal Crusade Against Craigslist Will Not Solve Violence Against Sex Trafficking Victims

Alternet -- 09/06/2010

A victory for survivors of trafficking

Huffington Post -- 09/01/2010

Craigslist: 'Wal-Mart of Sex Trafficking'

The Alyona Show -- 08/26/2010

Trafficking Survivors Get Relief under NY Law

Colorlines -- 08/18/2010

New law seen as victory for trafficked women

Peoplesworld -- 08/18/2010

NY law nixes crime record for coerced prostitution

MSNBC -- 08/17/2010

Governor Paterson Signs New Bill Clearing Prostitution Convictions, in Certain Cases

New York Magazine -- 08/17/2010

New Law Allows Sex Trafficking Victims to Clear Names

New York Times -- 08/16/2010

Sex Trafficking Victims Allowed to Clear Names from Public Records

WNYC -- 08/16/2010

Domestic-violence bills met varied fate with governor's pen

Poughkeepsie Journal -- 08/16/2010

NY law nixes crime record for coerced prostitution

USA Today -- 08/16/2010

NY law nixes crime record for coerced prostitution

Wall Street Journal -- 08/16/2010

NY law nixes crime record for coerced prostitution

NY Post -- 08/16/2010

Proposed Law is a Step in the Right Direction

Restore -- 07/07/2010

NY Bill Allows Sex Trafficking Victims to Clear Prostitution Convictions

The Curvature -- 07/06/2010

Immigrant Sex Slavery Victims Would Get Help from NY Law

Feet in Two Worlds -- 07/06/2010

New York State Senate Passes Bill Allowing Victims of Sex Trafficking to Clear Records

feminist.org -- 06/21/2010

Slavery in Our Time

In These Times -- 06/21/2010

Driven by Globalization, Today�s Slave Trade Thrives at Home and Abroad

CommonDreams.org -- 06/19/2010

States Cracking Down on Modern Slavery in the U.S.

Colorlines -- 06/19/2010

America vs. Sex Trafficking

Newsweek -- 06/18/2010

New York State Allows Trafficking Survivors to Vacate Prostitution Convictions

Bound, Not Gagged -- 06/17/2010

Albany Moves to Let Sex Trafficking Victims Clear Criminal Records

WNYC -- 06/17/2010

New York State Allows Trafficking Survivors to Vacate Prostitution Convictions

Sex Work Awareness -- 06/17/2010

Condoms = Arrest?

Ms. Magazine -- 05/12/2010

New York and San Francisco Use Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution

change.org -- 05/12/2010

Should Condoms Be Used as Evidence to Prosecute Prostitution?

Gothamist -- 05/12/2010

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