From Sin City to the Big Apple, sex workers are organizing for political and economic justice. It's time to organize our sex worker electorate ito a political force and "Grind the Vote"!

$PREAD magazine a publication produced by sex workers and they are working together with local sex work rights groups to help inform sex workers about where presidential candidates stand on those issues that impact on rights, lives and health of sex workers.

How cool is this! 

$pread Magazine has compiled a voter guide setting forth the positions of the two major-party presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, on issues of particular importance to sex workers. Just where do the wanna be presidents stand on health care, immigration, reproductive rights, LGBT rights, labor rights, drugs and harm reduction and affordable housing? Read the guide. 

We wish our colleagues in the US success with this important work.

Recognize sexwork as legitimate work

Criminalizing sexworkers or clients is counter productive

Sex workers and allies held a National Day of Action on July 1st 2008 in Bangalore to protest an amendment to The Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (ITPA) that would see the criminalisation of clients.

The event was organised by the Karnataka State Coalition Against ITPA
(Coalition Organizations: Aneka, Ashodaya Samithi, Jyothi Mahila Sangha, Karnataka Sexual Minorities Forum, Karnataka Sexworkers Union, LesBiT, Samara, Sangama, Sangram, Suraksha, Swathi Mahila Sangha, Veshya Anyay Mukthi Parishad, Vijaya Mahila Sangha)

Coalition organisations have prepared a statement of protest (follow link).