Five Thoughts On Organizing Decriminalized Sex Workers In America

Decriminalization of sex work is, in places like Washington, DC, likely to be a reality within the next twelve months. Therefore it is likely best to begin contemplating ways that those involved in the industry can and should be able to successfully and sustainably organize themselves as potent advocates for their now very visible professional freedoms and human rights. Because this is evolving a taboo topic and notion into one of the more fascinating facets of America’s potentially progressive future, it is important to examine what needs to become apparent as when a bill becomes a law means a whole lot more than executing something printed on a sheet of paper in reality.

I am not a sex worker myself, but I do proudly identify myself as an ally to the Sex Workers Rights movement. These questions do not come with solutions to the issues apparent. Rather, these are concepts and ideas that are aimed at potentially pushing forward greater and more in-depth conversations on an interpersonal, local, national, and global scale regarding the future of the industry of sex work in America.