#stopsesta

[supporthosechi]

Today begins our efforts to shut down SESTA! 

Twitter power hours, phone/fax/email jams and actions planned nationally! 

Sex Workers & Survivors United! Shut down S. 1693! 

PUSH PUSH PUSH people to call their Senators! And KEEP CALLING!

Links for finding contact information for senate offices: https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact

[supporthosechi]

What’s Next for #StopSESTA ?

Firstly, a huge, deeply felt thank you to all of y'all who have been fighting against SESTA/FOSTA. Tweeting, calling, writing letters, meeting with staffers, spreading the word--you've pushed the issue of rights and safety for everyone in the sex trade into the minds of so many.

We're still trying to wrap our heads around your effort, but we're counting 30+ pieces in the press about the bill's impact on sex workers, hashtags #LetUsSurvive and #SurvivorsAgainstSESTA with 5 million+ impressions, tons of calls into congressional offices, a letter of opposition with 300+ academic sign-ons. Less countable are the conversations with staffers where they're hearing stories from us they've never heard until now and the organizations (ACLU, National Center for Trans Equality, and many more) that have come out against the bills and made public distinctions between sex work and sex trafficking.

SESTA is going to pass. But our opponents should know that when backed into a corner, we only become more resilient. So we'd like you to join us for a community call. It's a chance for everyone to get updated info about the bills, receive information and talk about what we need moving forward, as well as connect to other folks.

Please share this invite with everyone in the community you know and trust, especially those who may be working or organizing in isolation now.

Call times:

Thursday, March 22 @ 7:30 pm EST

Sunday, March 25 @ 4 pm EST

Please RSVP for the call by filling out this form.

As medium-term next steps, we are planning the following directed at reducing harm from the legislation and strengthening our movement. We'll talk more about these and how you can get involved on the call:

Upcoming Know-Your-Rights and harm reduction/safety info related to SESTA/FOSTA

A national lobbying and/or direct action day

Ideas for proactive narrative shifting in the press

Finally, you can check this website for updates on SESTA/FOSTA and beyond. 

In solidarity, 

Kate, Lola, Red of Survivors Against SESTA 

[hikarisouai-blog]

This is important. Please get on board with this.

LGBT spaces are being killed off in western internet spheres because of this. Fight the fuck out of this.

Stop SESTA/FOSTA

Defend our online communities. SESTA/FOSTA would put our communities in danger.

[midnightmurauder]

My sisterfriend is an amazing SexWorker and Activist. We must make sure that legislation makes her and other sex workers actually safe and able to financially take care of themselves. Sesta Fosta does the opposite. Thank you @jinxlierre for putting us civilians and squared up on what’s happening out here. #decriminalizesexwork #stopsesta #legislation #policy #sexworkiswork #sexworkersrights https://www.instagram.com/p/BoAXZJpjIJ0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t89xu5ktgpt6

[sosanista]

#StopSesta #oakland (at Oakland, California)

[vincentsnow-art]

OK LISTEN UP. This content is reposted from feminist/comedian/stripper @jacqthestripper . FOSTA and SESTA have gotten out of hand. This is no joke, America. This is fascism in action. We are being censored - Facebook and Instagram are banning accounts who use hashtags related to strippers or sexwork, or even just to the female body. Be careful what you post. If you use either for advertising as a female artist, actress, model, stripper, escort, feminist, body-pos activist, sex-positive activist, sex-health writer, or pornstar...you might be shadowbanned so no one can see your content. (Oh and also, a whole mess of sexworkers and trafficking vistims are dying because of this bill but it seems like people care more about their own lives than others') Go visit stopsesta.org and sign that petition!! #stopsesta #repealfosta #listentosexworkers #listentosurvivors #survivorsagainstfosta #feminist #fascistamerica #resist #trafficking #fosta #sesta

[dmnsqrl]

#Repost @jacqthestripper (@get_repost) ・・・ #letussurvive #stopsesta