The following letter was collectively drafted by a survivor-led, grassroots group of over 20 people who included trans, queer, two-spirit, Black, immigrant, and Indigenous survivors, sex worker safety advocates, and allies. Permission is granted to share this unaltered letter on your website as long as you include the link to […]
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Powerful organizations and advocates wielding power unethically has contributed to violence and bullying even between survivors. This is harmful, unethical, and exploitative, and is a big part of the reason we only hear from survivors who agree with the existing narratives. This movement is not safe when survivors are pitted […]
For more on the range of exploitation that is common (and legal) in many jobs, especially those that involve precarious labor, see: “Are You Better or Worse Off? Understanding exploitation through comparison” by Joel Quirk.
I was interviewed for this New Republic piece by Melissa Gira Grant on the divide in the human trafficking movement between those who see it as a conservative, anti-sex work, criminal justice movement, and those who understand the human rights underpinnings of any effective anti-violence work. This was not a survivor-led movement […]