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		<title>SWOP-NYC Responds to the “Real Men Get Their Facts Straight” Debate</title>
		<link>http://swop-nyc.org/wpress/2011/07/05/swop-nyc-responds-to-the-%e2%80%9creal-men-get-their-facts-straight%e2%80%9d-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, The Village Voice published an article entitled “Real Men Get Their Facts Straight,” directed at Ashton Kutcher’s recent efforts concerning the trafficking of youth in the sex industry and his project, the DNA Foundation. The Voice criticized Kutcher for falsely stating that 100,000 to 300,000 youth in the United States are at risk for being “enslaved and sold for sex” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex Worker Groups Respond to Long Island Murders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Friday, April 8, 2011 Contact: Dylan Wolf, SWANK, 347-748-9163, swank@riseup.net Sarah Jenny Bleviss, swop.nyc@gmail.com New York &#8211; Sex Workers Action New York (SWANK) and Sex Workers Outreach Project NYC (SWOP-NYC) are dismayed that four more bodies were discovered on Long Island earlier this week. Police believe that a serial killer is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On 7th Annual Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, New York Advocates Gather to Remember Victims, Build Community &amp; Share Strategies for Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contacts:         Sienna Baskin, Co-Director, Urban Justice Center’s Sex Workers Project 646-602-5695 &#124; cell: 718-662-6086 &#124; sbaskin@urbanjustice.org Maryse Mitchell-Brody, Organizer, SWOP-NYC 646-705-4415 &#124; reach.maryse@gmail.com ON 7TH ANNUAL DAY TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST SEX WORKERS, NEW YORK ADVOCATES GATHER TO REMEMBER VICTIMS, BUILD COMMUNITY &#38; SHARE STRATEGIES FOR ACTION New York — On the 7th Annual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex Workers Outreach Project Strongly Opposes Campaign Against Backpage.com</title>
		<link>http://swop-nyc.org/wpress/2010/11/01/swop-oposes-campaign-against-backpag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Liz Coplen, SWOP-USA 1-877-776-2004, http://www.swop-usa.org Robin Dunn, SWOP-NYC 347-748-9163, swank@riseup. net, http://www.swop-nyc.org Sex Workers Outreach Project Strongly Opposes Campaign Against Backpage.com: The closure of another Adult Services section will result in heightened violence and diminished ability to find victims of trafficking New York City, NY, October 28, 2010 &#8211; SWOP-NYC in collaboration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release: &#8220;Erotic Services&#8221; Denied: Craigslist and Attorneys General Are Putting Sex Workers At Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 03:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arjuna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Craigslist's recent announcement that its Erotic Services category will be discontinued within the week, hundreds of thousands of erotic service providers will become more vulnerable to dangerous predators. ... In the face of increasing criminalization, we insist upon respect. As mothers, daughters, brothers, and members of your community, we claim that sex work is real work, work that we are entitled to conduct in safety. As such, we must be accorded the human right of full protection under the law.]]></description>
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		<title>The Pink Scare: Ms. Palfrey and Sex Panic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arjuna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE Sex Workers Action New York (SWANK), swank@riseup.net Sex Workers Outreach Project &#8211; New York City (SWOP-NYC), swop.nyc@gmail.com Prostitutes of New York (PONY), pony@panix.com Desiree Alliance, info@DesireeAlliance.org The Pink Scare: Ms. Palfrey and Sex Panic New York, NY &#8211; The activists at Sex Workers Action New York (SWANK), Sex Workers Outreach Project New York [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT ABOUT KRISTEN? New York Sex Worker Organizations Respond to Spitzer Scandal</title>
		<link>http://swop-nyc.org/wpress/2008/04/27/what-about-kristen-new-york-sex-worker-organizations-respond-to-spitzer-scandal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arjuna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, March 13, 2008 New York, NY &#8211; In the last few days, Governor Eliot Spitzer has publicly admitted to being associated with an escort agency and is considering resignation. As sex worker advocates, we are concerned about the representation and fate of &#8220;Kristen&#8221; and sex workers who are being thrust into the spotlight because [...]]]></description>
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