17 Facts About Violence Against Sex Workers

Judges, police and juries often hold bias against sex workers. In Philadelphia, Judge Teresa Carr-Deni called gang-rape of a sex worker at gunpoint “theft of services” and refused to allow prosecution to press aggravated sexual assault charges. In South Africa, police routinely refuse to even pursue rape cases involving sex workers or laugh at victims when victims come forward. Photo of Philadelphia City Hall M. Dante

Justice Makes Us Safer 

"I believe we need to fundamentally change the current culture within the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. More of the same won’t achieve real justice for victims caught up in our city's criminal justice system.” Lawrence Krasner

Dear Diana Hemingway

On Tumblr, Altarflame wrote: Diana was an artist and a photographer who always actively encouraged other artists. She was also a transwoman, and an out sex worker. Diana shot herself in Johnathan Dickinson State Park on December 21st 2016.