It’s been five years since the historic anti-FOSTA/SESTA Whore’s Day March brought over 300 sex workers and supporters out to raise Hell on Hollywood Boulevard and tell every federal and state representative in LA we could find that: Sex Worker Rights are Human Rights, FOSTA/SESTA must be repealed, Sex Work is Work and Sex Work must be Decriminalized—begging them…
Category: Political action
Vision For LA: A Discussion with Local Candidates About a Future Without Criminalization
Join SWOPLA and local candidates this Saturday, May 28th as speakers weave together a vision of Los Angeles without criminalization and the city we could live in if we chose to invest in community care. We’re bringing together sex workers and candidates for various local political offices to discuss what a future without criminalization could…
Making Our Community Safer: The Massage Worker Outreach Program
Today, March 16th, 2022, is the one year anniversary of the tragic mass-shooting in Atlanta where eight people, including six Asian women, were murdered in three seperate Asian-owned massage businesses, in an attack that was motivated by xenophobia, racism, and whorephobia. Unfortunately, this was not an isolated incident, and just last month, two more Asian…
EARN IT Act of 2022
The EARN IT Act of 2022 is an attack on internet privacy that will lead to censorship of sex workers, LGBTQ+ people, and other marginalized groups Despite its proponents claims that the bill is about child safety, the EARN IT Act will actually make kids less safe and discourage platforms from taking action to protect…
West Hollywood votes on Massage Workers Rights Initiative
The City Council of West Hollywood is voting on a Massage Workers Rights and Safety Initiative today at their meeting. SWOP Los Angeles has submitted a letter in support of the item to be entered into public record, a copy of which is available below for use as a template for submitting your own letter.…
Letter of Support for SB 357: The Safer Streets For All Act
April 02, 2021 Committee on Public Safety California State Senate State Capitol, Room 2031 Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: SB 357 (Wiener) – Safer Streets for All — Support To the Senate Committee on Public Safety: Sex Worker’s Outreach Project Los Angeles (SWOPLA) is a peer based community support group dedicated to advancing the fundamental human…