Failed Berkeley Ballot
In 2004, SWOP spearheaded a voter ballot initiative to decriminalize prostitution in Berkeley, CA. Other recent work focuses on amending so called "protective" legislation like the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 (and now its re-authorization in 2005 with the new End Demand provisions) with the goal being to increase its efficacy in protecting trafficking victims while decreasing the number of arrests of independent sex workers who have never been victims of human trafficking.
The US branch of the original Sex Workers Outreach Project, based out of Australia, is the largest sex worker rights organization in the United States, with chapters active in Tucson, AZ; Michigan; Chicago, IL; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles / UCLA, CA; San Francisco, CA; Denver, CO; New York City, NY; and Seattle, WA; with a forthcoming chapter in Portland, OR
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