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The Massachusetts Sex Worker Ally Network is a Boston-based activist group advocating for safety, dignity, and self-determination for all sex workers

Boston, MA
Joined May 2017
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Asians of the global diaspora outside the US are also facing staggering odds and violence. We stand with our comrades in India’s sex working community. We’re uplifting the work of and asking people to donate to NNSW (@NNSWIndia) and AINSW (@AINSW_INDIA) [ID in ALT text]
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& we could REALLY use some new cheerleaders hyping us up in new networks safe from swerfs, abstinence-based assholes,white supremacists, bootstrap bullshit, etc.W/endless thanks to our old crew of loyal social media cheerleaders, too-we need you most now! gofundme.com/f/whose-corner-…
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Today we, with @justicehealing, @thecouncilus, and 93 other orgs, asked MA legislators to support H.1905/S.2030/budget Amd 367 to create a moratorium/pause on new prison and jail construction in the Commonwealth. Help us pass it! Contact your legislator: tinyurl.com/MAWeekofAction
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Many people who have engaged with us recently do not know or do not remember that we were formed in reaction to the murder of Yang Song at the hands of the NYPD.
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What are tax deductions? As an independent contractor, what deductions am I eligible for? Let’s discuss!! 💬💬
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There is no such thing as a trauma informed prison. You can’t design a good prison. Don’t do it. @KleinfelderHQ #FreeHer #NoNewWomensPrison
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In honor of International Sex Workers Rights Day we're sharing some new and revamped digital publications we've created! We hope these guides are useful, and can be launching points for conversations/actions in solidarity w/ sex working folx. #ISWRD sxhxcollective.org/digital-p…
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Under 'End Demand' laws, police know that if they follow sex workers, they'll find clients to arrest. Clients shift to more isolated settings as a result, & sex workers adapt in order to continue making money - but it puts them at increased risk. #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay
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Sex Worker Collectives across the world step out with pride on 3rd March-International Sex Workers’ Rights Day. This year,we share this poster with our demands as workers at a time when workers’ rights are under attack. #SexWorkIndia #SexWorkSouthAsia #NNSW #ISWRD
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#SexWorkIndia International sex workers rights day #ISWRD #SexWorkSouthAsia @NNSWIndia @meenaseshu @VAMP03533593
What keeps you alive in s*x work isn’t screening or safe calls. It’s the ability to say no when the circumstances aren’t right. Anything that removes that option to turn down cash/clients when it doesn’t feel right (poverty, #EndDemand, policing, IPV) puts you at risk.
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Sex worker here in survival mode & in need of help please.. PLEASE HELP ME SPREAD THE WORD TODAY! ☔️☔️💧💧💧 #standwithme #solidarity #PovertyWishlists #showupforwishes #godbless #homefortheholidays #Survival #helpinghand #supporttraanswomen #transwomen #TransCrowdFund
On the way toward our long-term vision of reducing the force and then removing police from our communities, FJAH has constructed some immediate demands for this round of contract negotiations: actionnetwork.org/petitions/… 1) Cap the amount of overtime officers can make
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Do you want to hear about where the #EARNITAct is, and why we're calling on Wednesday and maybe ask a question or two? We're having a 30 minute Zoom call to tell you about it on Tuesday, Sept 8 at 6 pm EST! Register here: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJU…
Normalize having Sex Workers write about Sex Work
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Register before August 10th! #HIV2020 presents: Narcofeminism and Women Who Use Drugs: Changing The Narrative @Metzineres1, RENFA (Rede Nacional de Feministas Antiproibicionistas), & Urban Survivors Union 9 AM-11 AM PDT hiv2020.org/event-details/wo…
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Incarceration is violence. Incarceration normalizes sexual & physical violence. Incarceration has not, cannot & will not prevent harm. Incarceration has not, cannot & will not heal harm. Incarceration is harm.
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We work for a world focused on preventing & redressing harm. We know that jail ultimately does neither, and in fact causes harm. Reporters won't tell you about the many people jailed whose cases get dismissed. Time they can never get back. Setbacks that take years to overcome.
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