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Dear Friends,

Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA and the US PROStitutes Collective are asking for your help in opposing provisions in House Bill HR 3887 passed in the US House of Representatives on December 4, 2007 and now before the US Senate.

HR 3887 is part of a campaign to use justifiable concern about trafficking to promote a moralistic and dangerous crusade against prostitutioni – a crusade we are determined to stop.

My dad use to veto my thoughts and feelings with these words: “I make the money around here and when you start supporting this family you can have a say in how things are run. Until then, keep your mouth shut and do what you are told.”

As a teenager, I often dreamed about making money so I could have an opinion.

I got married in my early 30’s and my income rose dramatically from a level which barely kept the lights on to a very healthy six figure income. It wasn’t my job that changed. I had been an escort for a couple years before I got married. But once I said “I do,” I did do my best to be a financial knight in shining armor. Whatever my husband and stepchildren wanted or needed, I went out of my way to make the money to purchase it. It felt like a self-sacrificing role but of course it was more of a manipulative maneuver given my training around money and power.