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Yes on Prop K, Sadie Lune, Artist and Sex Worker wins 1st place at
the Museum of Modern Art!
Sadie Lune presents this performance piece "I WANT YOU," which won
1st place at the Museum of Modern Art on September 11, 2008.
San Francisco artist, Tony Labat invited San Franciscans to
participate in this live art event based on the iconic "I Want You"
poster. Labat offered one minute at the museum to "seize the voice
of authority, to make demands of the public, and to be the
finger-pointing Uncle Sam."
Contest winners will be plastered over the city in on posters during
election week.
Sadie says, I Want You to Vote Yes on Prop K, the San Francisco
ballot initiative for the decriminalization of sex workers in San
To view videos as well as the District Attorney and Public Defender arguments, also to appear in the ballot pamphlet visit the BAYSWAN San Francisco Prostitution Ballot Measure Info Page at:
http://www.bayswan.org/SFInitiative08
The language for the San Francisco Prostitution Ballot Measure has been approved and here it is below:
San Francisco Prostitution Ballot Measure 2008:
ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS RELATED TO PROSTITUTION AND SEX WORKERS
Prostitution Ballot Measure as it will appear
in the San Francisco Voters' Pamphlet 2008
THE WAY IT IS NOW:
State and local laws prohibit prostitutioni. State and federal laws prohibit human trafficking for prostitutioni or forced labor. Criminal laws also prohibit crimes such as battery, extortion and rape, regardless of the victim's status as a prostitute or sex worker.
In 1994, the Board of Supervisors established a Task Force on Prostitution (Task Force) to examine prostitutioni in the City and to recommend social and legal reforms. In 1996 the Task Force released a report recommending that:
** Please distribute widely!
Sex Workers and Allies will be out and proud with SF Pride this year, come see all the great things we are doing:
Often when a sex worker gets arrested, s/he loses contact with his/her friends and support network. This is often because of the misguided notion that if one person is in trouble, hisThis is simply not true when dealing with state-level misdemeanors. This is part of our Know Your Rights Workshops that SWOP-Chicago puts on both locally, and nationwide. Please read through the Don't Panic Plan document, and then Fill out the Emergency Response Worksheet. Most are PDF files, you may need a PDF reader which you can get here.
The Prostitution law review committee of the Ministry of Justice in NZ has recently released their 5 year review of the decriminalization of prostitutioni (.PDF HERE). They have some interesting findings, after what is now 5 years of legal prostitutioni:
Some quotes from the Associate Justice Minister Lianne Dalziel:
“The report indicates that the numbers have remained more or less the same since the Act came into force and that most sex workers are better off under the PRA than they were previously, which was the intention of the Act.
Dear SWOP Friends,
AGREEMENTS SUMMARY
Sex Worker Rights are Human Rights-Dignity and Respect
In the past respect and dignity were used against sex workers and other "un-pure" women to kill or imprison them. In our struggle for human rights we choose to reclaim these words and give them renewed meaning.
| Current Social thoughts | Our View |
| Sex Workers are dirty. | Sex Workers are equal members of society. |
| Sex Workers are victims. | Sex Workers are able to make choices. |
| Sex Workers are submissive. | Sex Workers are decision makers. |
| Sex Workers are only sex workers. |
