Trans
Statement: Reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004
The English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) is an organisation of sex workers, working both on the streets and in premises. Since 1975 we have been campaigning for the decriminalisation of prostitution, for sex workers’ rights and safety and for resources to enable people to get out of prostitution if they want to. Many trans people […]
Statement: Trans Day of Remembrance
On 20 November we remember and commemorate the 325 trans and gender-diverse people who have been reported murdered in the past 12 months globally.[1] Migrants and sex workers make up the majority of victims. Like other sex workers, trans sex workers go into sex work to survive. In the US for example, trans people are […]
Justice for Dora and Jasmine!
Report by Irem Az. Dora Ozer, who was a trans woman sex worker in Kusadasi, Turkey, was killed by one of her clients on July 9th. Two days after her murder, Petite Jasmine was killed by her abusive ex partner who unbelievably had been given custody of their children “because of” Jasmine’s job. To protest […]
Video: Jasmine and Dora 4-Ever
Jasmine and Dora 4-Ever from Carol Leigh on Vimeo. In 2012 during the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC, I met and interviewed Petite Jasmine with Pye Jakobsson from Rose Alliance of Sweden. Petite Jasmine was murdered one year later, a victim of the stigmatisation and legal discrimination that sex workers face. She was an […]
Action Alert: Two sex workers murdered in Sweden & Turkey. Protests in 25 cities.
Justice for Dora! Justice for Jasmine! Justice for all sex workers who are victims of violence! WHAT: International Day of Protest against the violent abuse and murder of sex workers.WHEN: Friday 19 July 2013 3:00-4:00pm WHERE: Swedish Embassy, 11 Montagu Place, London W1H 2AL, London. CONTACT: London protest, contact: Cari Mitchell, English Collective of Prostitutes, 07811 964171/020 7482 2496, ecp@prostitutescollective.net, Sex Worker Open University, swou@gmail.com. International protests […]