Initiatives to “end demand” for prostitution harm women and undermine service programs!

End Demand Fact Sheet

Diversity Statement

The Desiree Alliance conference organizers are committed to support for representation and inclusiveness of cultural, racial, economic, age, and gender identity. Please read our Diversity Statement and join our efforts to build a respectful, diverse, and strong sex worker movement.

Legislators of this century have continued to fail to realise that prostitutes are not a special breed of women with compulsions to indulge in criminal behaviour... socially, culturally and psychologically prostitute[s] pursue lifestyles little different to the millions of other single working women, wives and mothers in the... community. Popular mythology keeps prostitute[s] separated from other women in people's minds, while the law, founded as it is in 19th century puritanism, keeps them separated in the social order.**

-Working girls: prostitutes, their life and social control by Roberta Perkins

Civil, Labor, and Human Rights for All Sex Workers

News     Conference planning time is here! We are seeking volunteers to help plan and coordinate our July 2012 conference. Please email Sharmus if you are interested in volunteering director@desireealliance.org Please add "Sharmus-Conference Volunteer" in the subject line.     We are currently searching for an experienced grant writer to help us prepare for the conference. We are offering a small stipend. Interested people can email director@desireealliance.org Please add "Grant Writer" in the subject line. Sex Workers WANT to Stop Trafficking   www.RedLightDistrictChicago.com An Open Letter to the Desiree Alliance: As we begin our new year, it's impossible to move forward without reflecting on what brought us into this new decade. The year 2010 brought Desiree activists to new heights as we prepared and presented our most fabulous conference to date in Las Vegas, Nevada. Our presence at conferences, seminars, trainings, expos, festivals, etc., has been felt around the globe. Our political actions have surpassed groups that have every resource made available to them. (cont on Community Page) December 17th International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers This event was created to call attention to hate crimes committed against sex workers all over the globe. Originally thought of by Dr. Annie Sprinkle and started by the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA as a memorial and vigil for the victims of the Green River Killer in Seattle Washington. Call for Volunteers and Support Women with a Vision, New Orleans!!
Sadie Lune "I Want You" Prop K Poster, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art	Robyn Few needs our help!! Please donate below.
	Significance of the Red Umbrella
	Click to join the desireealliance listserve!

---

Search and shop for Desiree!!

By using the "Good Search" search engine and the "Good Shop" online shopping tool, and choosing Desiree Alliance as your charity, Desiree Alliance will earn a small amount of money for each search you do!

So help Desiree out today- visit:

Good Search

Good Shop

Conferences

Desiree Alliance 2010 Desiree Alliance 2008 Desiree Alliance 2007 Conference Feedback! "I have never in my life experienced such energy!" Desiree Alliance 2006 Feedback   "I can't say thanks enough. This was life changing-I'll be at the next  one if time, money, and the universe allows!!!!" Read more! Conference page   Past conferences 2008 "Pulling Back the Sheets: Sex, Work, and Social Justice" July 16-20, Chicago Conference 2008 :: CFP 2008 Schedule 2008 :: Speakers' List 2008 Logistics 2008   2007 "Sex Work: Culture, Policy, and Benefits; Exploring the Lives of Sex Workers and their Diverse Realities" July 14-27, San Francisco Convergence 2007 :: CFP 2007 Schedule 2007 :: Speakers' List 2007 Logistics 2007   2006 "Re-visioning Prostitution Policy: Creating Space for Sex Worker Rights and Challenging Criminalization" July 9-12, Las Vegas Conference 2006 :: CFP 2006 Schedule 2006 :: Speakers' List 2006 Logistics 2006