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The purpose of this library collection is to provide access to multiple sources of information to help people learn more about the context of our work and/or discover more resources that could potentially benefit sex workers and their communities.
MO Ho Justice does not necessarily endorse all content or viewpoints expressed in these resources.
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Sex Worker Perspectives
A New Sex Positivity Dichotomy
Suprihmbé (thotscholar)
Blog post: The Law and Political Economy Project
thotscholar & The Scarlot Harlot
Podcast episode: The Oldest Profession Podcast | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify
Suprihmbé on Pro-heaux Womanism
Jessie Sage & PJ Sage with Suprihmbé
Podcast episode: Peepshow Podcast
Jessie Sage & PJ Sage
Podcast: Peepshow Magazine | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | TuneIn | Stitcher
Kaytlin Bailey & Charlene J. Fletcher
Podcast: oldprosonline.org | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify
We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival
Multiple authors (edited by Natalie West & Tina Horn)
Book: The Feminist Press | Other sellers | Find in a library
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Safety Planning & Support
Know Your Rights Manual for the Sex Worker Community: Criminal Law
National Lawyers Guild — San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
PDF file
Account Shutdowns: Why They Happen, Mitigation Strategies, and What You Can Do If It Happens to You
Hacking//Hustling
PDF file
Tanuja Jagernauth, Stephany Cannon, & YWEP outreach workers
PDF file: Young Women’s Empowerment Project
Dis/Organizing: How We Build Collectives Beyond Institutions
Rachel Kuo & Lorelei Lee
PDF file: Hacking//Hustling
Holistic Security: A Strategy Manual for Human Rights Defenders
Tactical Technology Collective
PDF file
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Sex Work & intersectionality
From Margin to Center: Sex Work Decriminalization is a Racial Justice Issue
Jasmine Sankofa
Web article: Amnesty International USA
Sex Work is a Disability Issue. So Why Doesn’t the Disability Community Recognize That?
Katie Tastrom
Web article: Rooted in Rights
Meaningful Work: Transgender Experiences in the Sex Trade
Erin Fitzgerald, Sarah Elspeth, & Darby Hickey
PDF file: National Center for Transgender Equality
When She Says Woman, She Doesn't Mean Me (Excerpt from We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival)
Lorelei Lee
Web article: ELLE.com
Prison Abolition Requires Decriminalizing Sex Work
Rewire News Group Staff
Web article: Rewire News Group
Centering Sex Workers in Harm Reduction Programming
Reframe Health and Justice & NASTAD
PDF file: Reframe Health and Justice
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Decriminalization & Policy
When Sex Workers Speak, Who Listens? How Online Sex Work is Criminalized
Emily Coombes
Web article: The Nation
Sex Workers, Allies Want Next St. Louis Mayor to Respect the Hustle
Doyle Murphy
Web article: Riverfront Times
From Margin to Center: Sex Work Decriminalization is a Racial Justice Issue
Jasmine Sankofa
Web article: Amnesty International USA
Prison Abolition Requires Decriminalizing Sex Work
Rewire News Group Staff
Web article: Rewire News Group
Sex Work and the Law: Understanding Legal Frameworks and the Struggle for Sex Work Law Reforms
Global Network of Sex Work Projects
PDF file: nswp.org
Protecting the Health and Rights of Sex Workers in the US and Globally
Global Health Justice Partnership
Web page: Global Health Justice Partnership - Yale Law School
Response to the UN Women's “approach to sex work, the sex trade and prostitution”
Elizabeth Bernstein, Sealing Cheng, Inderpal Grewal, Scott Long, Alice M. Miller, Svati P. Shah, & Carole S. Vance
PDF file
State obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of sex workers
Amnesty International
PDF file: Amnesty International
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Healing Justice
What It Means to Center “Healing Justice” in Wellness
Krysten Peck with Yolo Akili Robinson
Web article: Bon Appetit
Irresistible (formerly Healing Justice Podcast)
Kate Werning
Podcast: Website | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RadioPublic | Stitcher | Google Podcasts
Healing Justice as Cultural Organizing
Monica Trinidad & Tara Tabassi with Kifu Faruq
Podcast episode: Mic Check!
Principles of Healing-Centered Harm Reduction
Reframe Health and Justice Collective
Medium article: Reframe Health and Justice
Abolition and Disability Justice: Guiding Principles
The Abolition and Disability Justice Coalition
Web page: Abolition and Disability Justice
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For Academic & Professional Allies
Ally Guides
Sex Work Centered Guide for Media & Journalism Professionals
Support Ho(s)e
PDF file: sxhxcollective.org
Relevant Research
Disability and Sex Work: Developing Affinities Through Decriminalization
Kelly Fritsch, Robert Heynen, Amy Nicole Ross, & Emily van der Meulen
PDF file: Disability & Society
Posting into the Void: A Community Report
Danielle Blunt, Emily Coombes, Shanelle Mullin, & Ariel Wolf
PDF file: Hacking//Hustling
Young Women’s Empowerment Project
PDF file: Young Women’s Empowerment Project
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DISCLAIMER
Our resource library is designed to provide access to multiple sources of information to help people learn more about the context of our work and discover more resources that could potentially benefit sex workers and their communities.
MO Ho Justice does not necessarily endorse all content or viewpoints expressed in these resources.
Our goal is to offer a variety of perspectives and resource types that meet different needs.
Want to know more about what we *do* endorse?
