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The 60-year-old was first arrested in July 2023 for the deaths of four women whose remains were found in burlap sacks along the Ocean Parkway in New York over a decade ago. Detectives finally nabbed Heuermann in 2023 after he tossed a pizza box with leftover crust into a Manhattan trash can after the investigation that took more than a decade. The DNA from his crust matched genetic material found on the women's remains. Heuermann faces charges in connection to the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello and Maureen Brainard-Barnes - also known as "The Gilgo Four." Taylor and Costilla were announced has Heuermann's fifth and sixth victims on Thursday. The announcement comes weeks after authorities returned to Heuermann's Long Island home. At least half a dozen law enforcement agents were spotted in Heuermann's driveway on May 20. Heuermann is currently being held at the Riverhead Correctional Facility in Suffolk County, about 50 miles from his home. Suffolk County Sheriff Dr. Errol Toulon Jr. said Heuermann busies himself with reading books, reading his discovery, watching TV and sleeping, according to an Oxygen article. He has been separated from other inmates "for his safety," according to the article. Toulon called him "very compliant."

Police officers who 'brought shame on their uniforms' and let Emma Caldwell's killer Iain Packer walk free for 19 years should be jailed if it is found they 'engaged in criminality', her family's lawyer says. Packer, 51, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 36 years at the High Court in Glasgow this month after being found guilty of murdering the 27-year-old in 2005, as well as 11 rapes and 21 other charges, including sexual assaults, against other women. Yet 'one of the UK's worst sex offenders' was left to roam the streets for nearly two decades despite officers being repeatedly told Packer 'is the man' and the warped killed taking officers in 2007 to the spot where Emma's body was dumped.

Our purpose is to champion sex worker rights, through intersectional activism and public engagement. This is done through involvement in intersectional activism and public engagement about the stigma of sex work from the many sides of discrimination and marginalization. This approach respects the interaction of social categorizations, among them race, class, and gender, which strengthens the idea of fighting for all members within the sex worker community.

Phoenix Calida discusses stigma and discrimination against Asian sex workers and the racism of the Nordic Model propagandists. Link To Article Used As Jumping Off Point. https://cityhub.com.au/racist-and-disempowering-nsw-asian-migrant-sex-workers-speak-out-on-rescue-industry/

A screed of lies was brought to the ATTENTION of one Phoenix Calida. Not being the type of individual whom would let such nonsense slide, Phoenix took to the microphone and carpet bombed these liars with an overwhelming truth assault.

KOMO News - "An explosion of sex trafficking," is how one Seattle city council member described what's happening along Aurora Avenue in north Seattle. Some business owners and residents told KOMO News something needs to be done. During a recent community public safety meeting, councilmember Cathy Moore said one tool she's considering to address the issue is a proposal to reinstate Seattle's loitering law. Moore told a packed room of community members in late April that she believes the spike in sex trafficking is linked in part to the repeal of the city's loitering law back in 2020. The moment Moore suggested reinstating the loitering law as a potential tool to address the spike in sex trafficking the room erupted in applause.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A former St. Clair High School teacher who resigned after her OnlyFans page was reported to district officials has been fired after days on a new job. Brianna Coppage had been a teacher for five years, spending two at St. Clair High School. She was put on leave in October after it was discovered that she was using OnlyFans to supplement her teaching salary. After her OnlyFans became public, Coppage told First Alert 4 that she had made $1 million on the platform. Her yearly teaching salary was $42,000, she said at the time. After leaving the district, Coppage told First Alert 4 that she struggled to find her purpose.

"Originally published March 14 by Idaho Reports.The Idaho Senate passed legislation Thursday that would make online pornography publishers and distributors vulnerable to civil liability if a minor accesses harmful material on the internet. “Our kids are continuously exposed to pornography, and our current laws don't effectively protect them,” said bill sponsor Sen. Ben Toews, R-Coeur d'Alene. “What you have before you is an effective solution. It uses third-party age verification as a way to block that content from children.” House Bill 498 would require websites where at least one-third of the content is pornographic to perform “reasonable age verification” to prevent minors from accessing the harmful material. The House unanimously passed the bill on Feb. 14."

https://www.eswalliance.org/statement_on_financial_discrimination_of_sex_workers "With this statement, ESWA expresses its deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent abrupt decision of payment platform Stripe to cease working with Wishtender, an online platform utilised by sex workers. The lack of transparency surrounding Stripe's decision is concerning as it obstructs accountability. Furthermore, the abrupt nature of Stripe's action has generated considerable stress and uncertainty amongst sex workers who feared the loss of their resources and the platform they relied upon."

A former Army officer has been sentenced to four years in prison after raping a sex worker in Wellington. Savenaca Seruvatu was convicted of sexual violation by rape in the Wellington District Court in February, after removing a condom without consent during sexual intercourse in an adult entertainment club in Lower Hutt in September 2020.

A former Pasco Police Officer was sentenced today in a Spokane cold case murder that spanned 38 years and resulted in two trials Twenty-seven-year-old Ruby Doss was found murdered in 1986 in East Spokane, her case was worked by the Spokane Police Department for decades with no conclusion or arrest of a suspect. In 2015 DNA collected from a condom found at the Ruby Doss crime scene was matched to Richard Aguirre. Aguirre's DNA had been submitted during an unrelated rape investigation in Franklin County. Aguirre was tried in that case and found not guilty by a jury in 2017. At the time Ruby Doss was murdered Aguirre was living in Spokane serving in the U.S. Airforce and stationed at Fairchild. He then moved to the Tri-cities where in 1988 he became a Pasco Police Officer. In 2016 Aguirre was charged with murder for the killing of Ruby Doss but the charges were dropped in 2017 due to a lack of evidence. In 2021 the Spokane County Prosecutors office brought the charge on Aguirre again but a jury could not agree on a verdict and a mistrial was declared. In 2023 Aguirre was once again tried and in December convicted of first-degree murder for the killing of Ruby Doss. Today the judge handed down a sentence of 25 years, which fell at the high end of the range of 20 to 26 years. Aguirre is now 59 years old. Ruby's four daughters were able to speak to the court and describe the loss they each experienced and the continuing loss their family has, and will suffer, as now three generations have been deprived of knowing Ruby. This case brings closure not just to the family of Ruby Doss but to an entire community as well as generations of Spokane Police Investigators, Spokane County Prosecutors and others who sought justice for Ruby Doss.

Lawmakers are trying to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a dangerous censorship bill that would give the government unprecedented control over the internet and force platforms to spy on youth. KOSA uses two methods to “protect” kids, and both of them are awful. First, KOSA would pressure platforms to install filters that would wipe the net of anything deemed “inappropriate” for minors. This = instructing platforms to censor, plain and simple. Places that already use content filters have restricted important information about suicide prevention and LGBTQ+ support groups, and KOSA would spread this kind of censorship to every corner of the internet. It's no surprise that anti-rights zealots are excited about KOSA: it would let them shut down websites that cover topics like race, gender, and sexuality.

Phoenix Calida sits down briefly to talk about Police and how they harm Sex Workers. ABOUT SWOP-USA: Our purpose is to champion sex worker rights, through intersectional activism and public engagement. This is done through involvement in intersectional activism and public engagement about the stigma of sex work from the many sides of discrimination and marginalization. This approach respects the interaction of social categorizations, among them race, class, and gender, which strengthens the idea of fighting for all members within the sex worker community.

Phoenix Calida reacts to claims presented by voice actors in videos uploaded by "Nordic Model Now".

The Sentencing for the officer that very obviously murdered Ruby Doss has been pushed back another month after this murderer got away for over 3 decades. swopusa.org/donate

Nordic Model Now is a ridiculous organization and Phoenix Calida treats them with the ridicule they've earned. SwopUSA.org/Donate

Are you ready for folks to conflate sex work with trafficking? Are you ready for fuzzy, decontextualized numbers? It seems to me that you might be ready for KTLA's dubious coverage of a police operation targeting sex workers.

Sasha Rakoff claims to be an ally to Sex Workers. Phoenix Calida is Not Buying It. swopusa.org/donate

Phoenix Calida Breaks Down New Anti Porn Legislation

"Every year at this time, football fans across the country and around the globe ready themselves for the most-watched event in the professional sports calendar. The traditions surrounding the Super Bowl are time honored. The host city rolls out the red carpet to welcome 100,000 visitors and millions of viewers anticipate a great game, entertaining halftime show and catchy commercials. Just as entrenched as those traditions is the annual reminder that the Super Bowl causes human trafficking to spike in its host city. Sounds like a valuable PSA, right? There's only one problem – it isn't true." - Kristen Abrams and Nate King swopusa.org/donate

swopusa.org/donate A former Columbus vice detective pleaded guilty to federal accusations Thursday that he kidnapped sex worker victims under the guise of an arrest, according to federal prosecutors. Andrew Mitchell, 59, of Sunbury, pleaded guilty to two counts of depriving individuals of their civil rights while acting under color of law and one count of obstructing justice, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. Mitchell spent more than 30 years with the Columbus Division of Police and was assigned to the vice union for the final two years of his employment, which ended in 2019, prosecutors said. While working as a detective in July 2017, Mitchell wore plain clothes and drove an unmarked car when he handcuffed a sex worker to his vehicle, then drove to a parking lot and detained the woman against her will after identifying himself as an officer, prosecutors said. Two months later, while again working as a plainclothes detective, he questioned a sex worker about rates before he said he was an officer and then kidnapped her, prosecutors said. Mitchell was acquitted earlier this year of murder and manslaughter charges stemming from the death of a woman he shot while he was working undercover. He was indicted after shooting and killing Donna Castleberry, 23, as she sat in his unmarked police vehicle in August 2018. He said he acted in self-defense after she stabbed him in the hand during an undercover prostitution investigation. The jury in that trial reached its verdict after deliberating for about five hours. Mitchell faces up to 11 years on the three charges. Credit for time served could knock five years of the sentence. Under the terms of the plea deal, Mitchell will not have to register with the state as a sex offender.

Howdy. We have an unexpected update in the trial for Ruby Doss. The story doesn't end because this chapter does though. We'll keep our ear to the street on this one and see where the lawyer for the killer cop takes this.

SPOKANE, Wash. — After four weeks, the trial of Richard Aguirre, the man accused of killing Ruby Doss, is over. On Tuesday, both the prosecution and Aguirre's defense team made their closing arguments. Much of the argument Tuesday and throughout trial revolved around DNA evidence. Prosecutors say Aguirre's DNA was found on a condom decades after Doss's death, linking him to the crime. Aguirre's defense, including through their one witness, argued the DNA evidence in this case is unreliable. Defense attorney Karen Lindholt argued investigators back in 1986 contaminated evidence, like the condom, by handling items without gloves. “Contamination was so great that the DNA contributions on the red blouse were 35% from Ms. Doss and 61% from William Morig. So there was almost double the DNA contributed to Ruby Doss' blouse by Will Morig because he didn't properly handle the evidence, or should I say back in the 80s they didn't understand touch DNA and understand cross-contamination,” Lindholt said.

swopusa.org/donate Hey, gang. We have some very important updates in the Bench Trial seeking justice for Ruby Doss. We make an effort to be sure we are clear in our understanding of the forensic science and language used in this trial. Thank you for checking out this program and for supporting SWOPUSA.

https://swopusa.harnessgiving.org/donate/?selected-method=one-time&amount=25&campaign_id=0 Thank you for giving what you can at the donation link above. We will be doing our part in making sure we monitor this retrial to find out in real time if there will be some sort of justice for the killing of Ruby Doss.

Ruby Doss died from being strangled and hit on the head multiple times in January of 1986 , Spokane County's medical examiner testified Tuesday. Recounting how Doss was killed opened the second week of former Pasco police officer Richard Aguirre's murder trial. Retired police officers testified about how DNA evidence was handled, and a clerk at an adult book store testified about seeing Doss, who worked as a prostitute, the night of her death. Doss was 27 when she was found dead in a commercial area off Sprague Avenue not long after she was killed. Her death went unsolved for decades until Aguirre was connected to the case through DNA. Aguirre, now 59, faces one count of first-degree murder. Spokane County Medical Examiner Dr. Veena Singh reviewed Doss' autopsy because the pathologist who initially conducted the autopsy almost 38 years ago has since died.

The court heard he planned to seek out women to violently attack with a 17-inch sword after he was radicalized with misogynistic views online. He obtained the sword months before the attack and had it inscribed with a derogatory word for women and "slayer," court heard. On the day of the stabbing, he wore a long, dark coat and hat, and carried a note that said "long live the incel rebellion" inside a zip-close bag, court heard. Arzaga, who was working at reception, greeted him as a customer, court heard. The man stabbed her in the neck without warning and continued to stab her after she'd fallen to the ground.

This is a different type of episode but not-so-different, really. Phoenix Calida and Producer William react with a (maybe) more in-depth analysis of what seems to be a typical celebrity gossip story. We find value in discussing this from a perspective beyond just raw entertainment and cynical voyeurism. At the same time, this episode is produced with the intent of holding your attention as well as attempting to give you some insight beyond what the current "discourse" around this story is...

Joey The "Player" is a predator that has been targeting sex workers for over a decade easily. This deep dive is planned to span across 3 episodes and more if need be. So far, this is the ONLY journalism you'll find on this guy. Hopefully larger outlets pick this story up. https://swopusa.org/donate/

A Los Angeles federal judge will hear arguments Wednesday regarding a formal extradition request from the Mexican government for a Downey man who is being held in connection with serial murders targeting Tijuana strip-club workers. U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen L. Stevenson previously ordered Bryant Rivera jailed without bond while extradition proceedings take place in downtown Los Angeles. Rivera, 30, was arrested in July at the request of Mexico on a femicide charge, authorities said. Femicide has been used to describe the current spate of violence against women in Mexico. Rivera is accused of murdering at least one sex worker in Tijuana. Mexico may add additional charges when prosecutors submit further extradition papers, according to a criminal complaint. Rivera allegedly beat and strangled Ángela Acosta Flores to death on Jan. 24, 2022, in a room at Hotel Cascadas, next to the Hong Kong Gentlemen's Club in Zona Norte, a red light district in Tijuana, the complaint says. Late last year, Baja California Attorney General Iván Carpio Sánchez described the then-unidentified killer of Flores and at least two other Tijuana sex workers as displaying "violent and psychopathic behavior" comparable to serial murderer Ted Bundy.

Bella Te Pania. Her name was recently added to a December 17th list. Let's talk about December 17th is and about what was done to Bella Te Pania. swopusa.org/donate

Architect Rex Heuermann was arrested in July 2023 in connection with the deaths of Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy and Amber Costello, whose bodies were found at Gilgo Beach, on the South Shore of Long Island, more than a decade ago. He's also the prime suspect in the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Grace, a legal analyst and self described journalist who has spent years investigating crimes, will be joined by a panel of experts to dig into Heuermann's actions and charges. Phoenix Calida And Alexandria step up to represent SWOPusa.org and delivery their analysis of this published material. Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA is a national social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of people involved in the sex trade and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy. This episode was recorded August 13. 2023 and was posted August 14, 2023. Alexandria and Phoenix Calida are scheduled to return with further commentary and discussion on a related documentary from 1997 this coming Monday, August 21, 2023. We'd really appreciate if you could share this media with your friends online by taking a few seconds to share it to your social media. You can lend your support to SWOPUSA with a tax deductible contribution at this link. https://swopusa.org/donate/

Phoenix Calida And Dr. Olivia Snow. In this installment, they give advice and have a candid conversation about consent, They use mixing sex work content creation with family friendly content as a jumping off point. From there, they go into the topic of creating sex work content in shared social spaces such as a grocery store. Thank you for tuning into SWOPcast for swopusa.org. You can send your support with a tax deductible contribution here: https://swopusa.org/#donate

A former Niagara police officer who admitted to sexually abusing 11 women at his side massage business will serve an 18-month sentence at home. David Kukoly, 54, who was a veteran officer at the time of his arrest, pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault. He admitted to similar abuse against an additional six victims in an agreed statement of facts. He was sentenced on June 21 at the Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines, Ont. https://swopusa.org/#donate Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA is a national grassroots social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of sex workers and their communities. It focuses on ending violence and stigma through education, community building, and advocacy.

Dr. Olivia Snow discusses her coverage in the New York Post after being denied service by Door Dash.

Phoenix Calida And Dr. Oliva Snow discuss the results of ignoring Full Service workers legislative warnings. You can help SWOP and our broadcasting at SWOPcast by clicking here proceeding with a tax deductible contribution. https://swopusa.org/#donate

SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM AND ORGANIZATION HERE WITH A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION https://swopusa.org/#donate The state of Maine is embarking on a controversial experiment by partially decriminalizing prostitution in an attempt to eliminate exploitation of sex workers — adopting a model advocates say is a first in the country. Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a bill into law Monday that will eliminate penalties for those who sell sex while leaving in place laws against the purchase of it. A former prosecutor and attorney general, Mills vetoed a similar measure in 2021 but approved the bill this year after a conversation with the famed author and feminist Gloria Steinem.

We're back with Part 2 Of Doctrix Snow having a long for Sit Down with Phoenix Calida. This part goes into Dr. Snow's experiences with Spoutible and it's found, one Mr. Christopher Bouzy. (this one's a doozy). You can go here and show the leadership at SWOP USA that this program is valuable to you and that you'd like for them to fund it's production full time instead of part time. https://swopusa.harnessgiving.org/donate/?selected-method=one-time&amount=25&campaign_id=0

Olivia Snow is a PHD-ominatrix and she(/her) came to sit down with us for a FULL THREE HOURS. This is the first segment with Phoenix Calida and Producer Mr. William discussing the harmful uses of AI against marginalized peoples. News Credits: Fox 26 Houston CBS 2 New York IrajStarTv Show SWOP that this is a program of value by going to https://swopusa.org/donate/ where can leave TAX DEDUCTIBLE contribution. This will show the leadership that this program is important to the audience and worthy of funding for full time production. Thank you.

Yang Song was a 38-year-old sex worker living in Queens, NY. During a targeted police raid on the night of Nov. 25, 2017, she fell to her death from the balcony of her 4th-floor apartment. A year before, an undercover police officer raped her at gunpoint. After reporting the assault, Song was harassed by an NYPD vice squad, pressured to become an undercover informant, threatened with deportation and arrested and humiliated in multiple stings in the months before her death. You can support the work of SWOP with a tax deductible contribution here: https://swopusa.harnessgiving.org/donate/?selected-method=one-time&amount=25&campaign_id=0

Amira, Mona and Justice join us to discuss the new book, "Towards Bodily Autonomy: A Healing Justice Anthology Decolonizing Sex Work". We discuss the process of creating and publishing. We don't shy away from spirituality in Sex Work. We also look into the systemic and cultural roadblocks set up against marginalized people even creating works like this. Phoenix Calida is hosting the episode with Producer Mr. William behind the boards producing. Links for additional information below: IG: @justicerivera_writes IG: @mona_notte206 Reframe Health and Justice on - IG: @harmreductionfemmes For more from Amira: Reframe Health and Justice on IG: @harmreductionfemmes rootchakragoddess.love sacredstripper.com hoesarehealers.com SUPPORT THE GOFUNDME TO TRANSLATE THE BOOK TO SPANISH https://www.gofundme.com/f/translate-towards-bodily-autonomy-into-spanish

Some of the internet's biggest adult websites, including Pornhub, are now blocking access to Utah users over a new age verification law that takes effect on Wednesday. Pornhub and other adult sites controlled by its parent, MindGeek, began blocking visitors with Utah-based IP addresses this week. Now, instead of seeing adult content when visiting those sites, affected users are shown a message expressing opposition to SB287, the Utah law signed by Gov. Spencer Cox in March that creates liability for porn sites that make their content available to people below the age of 18. “As you may know, your elected officials in Utah are requiring us to verify your age before allowing you access to our website,” the message said. “While safety and compliance are at the forefront of our mission, giving your ID card every time you want to visit an adult platform is not the most effective solution for protecting our users, and in fact, will put children and your privacy at risk.” The statement, accompanied by a video of an adult actor reading the message on-camera, added that the age verification requirement could drive users “to sites with far fewer safety measures.” And it called for policymakers to “identify users by their device” rather than by requiring them to upload their photo ID. “Until a real solution is offered, we have made the difficult decision to completely disable access to our website in Utah,” the message said, concluding with a call for Utahns to “demand device-based verification solutions” from policymakers.

Phoenix Calida wanted to address some folks they came across in relationship discussions online. There was an interest in confronting some fairly counterproductive and arguably dangerous arguments. The individual at the center of the discourse in this instance, linked an episode of their podcast to help readers understand what they were saying. We reviewed that episode. It was interesting. Let's talk about it. Leave your thoughts in the comments.

Hey, gang. In producing and editing, we aim to provide a program of which is informative and a joy to listen to. Phoenix Calida and Alexandria LaRue casuallliy slide into discourse here without attacking the listenter with BAD NEWS as soon as you press play. They tangentially talk of labor and the desire to work as well. This episode was produced by Mr. William for Wine Cellar Media. SWOP was founded in 2003 in the Bay Area, with it's first major action being the coordination of International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, a global vigil that continues to be a cornerstone of SWOP's awareness-raising work. Since it's founding, hundreds of individual activists have engaged in local SWOP chapters and national projects geared towards educating the public and policy-makers on the direct and institutional harms committed against sex workers and their communities.

Amy-Marie Merrell (she/her/hers) is the Executive Director of The Cupcake Girls. Since 2006, Amy has been working with domestic violence survivors, as well as in the prevention and aftercare of domestic sex trafficking. Amy truly believes linking arms with others as they work to achieve their goals in their timing is the most beautiful form of advocacy she's ever found, and considers her role with The Cupcake Girls her life's work.

This recording was produced for SWOPUSA by Mr. William: It contains original music and audio clips from Hasanabi Reacts, Stacy Swimme on CNN, Juno Mac on Ted Talks and a 12 year old PBS news hour clip. In this episode, Phoenix Calida breaks down information reported on by Elizabeth Nolan Brown for Reason.Com. Brown cites a study from The Journal of Law and Economics published by the University Of Chicago. In a hard-boiled statement, a definitive take away is written in The Abstract. The empirical data doesn't seem to bare numbers capable of holding quarter for the assertions presented by proponents of The Nordic Model. https://swopusa.org/donate/ Our work would not be possible without the support of our lovely donors. Your donations directly support local grassroots advocacy, small-scale service provision, and community organizing. A a tax-deductible receipt for your donation will generate within 2 business days. If you are unable to locate your receipt, please contact our Executive Chapter Director. Sex Workers Outreach Project is a 501(c)3 charity, and all donations are tax-deductible. Checks can be sent to: Sex Workers Outreach Project 382 N Lemon Ave #1060 Walnut, CA 91789

Hey, folks. This is a reintroduction to SWOPcast. The program needed a refresher and we believe in taking things back to the basics. Sex Workers' Rights is a topic that folks don't come across a lot if it's not on purpose. We understand that taking things to back to the comprehensive foundations can help with articulating these needs to a broader audience that may stumble across this program one way or another.

Phoenix Calida breaks down the easy-to-spot racism in presumption, reporting and subsequent action.

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Phoenix Calida Breaks Down The Timeline Of Swerfs, Rescue Orgs And The Catholic Church Attacking Sex Workers SwopCast is produced and recorded by William J Jackson for Wine Cellar Media

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