Labor trafficking doesn’t always involve chains or cages. Sometimes it looks like contracts written in legalese, passports held just out of reach, or threats veiled as “rules.” It’s coercion in a cocktail dress. It’s violence dressed up as opportunity.

Good morning, Red Umbrella fam. Hope your coffee is strong and your boundaries stronger, because this weekend delivered a full-course meal of carceral nonsense, QAnon fever dreams, ICE agents crashing into elementary school zones, and a grown man throwing himself a military parade for his birthday.

There’s a version of feminism out there that wears a pussyhat, clutches her pearls, and still calls the manager when a sex worker speaks at a panel.

When we talk about mass incarceration in the United States, the conversation often centers around numbers—how many people are locked up,...

Wondering is generational poverty has an impact on sexual health? It does!

Darias story is like every other survival worker who experiences violence, exploitation and desperation as a homeless person.

Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is a day dedicated to memorializing the lives of trans individuals who have lost their lives to...

Sex workers and allies have a long history of investment in a wide variety global liberation efforts across intersections (whether it’s...

Part 3 Blockade, Barriers and Obstacles for Housing First Initiatives A panicked person called the Community Support Line from Seattle...

Homelessness and Housing First Initiatives vs Treatment First Part Two of Three One of our regular support line callers has been...

From the Editor: On April 6th, 2018, Backpage was seized by the Federal Government of the United States and millions of sex workers...

Undeniable Intersections Violence and incarceration are realities for people who trade sex. Fear of having police encounters - fear of...

ACES is also known as adverse childhood experiences, a term created by the CDC in Partnership with Kaiser Permanente. The groundbreaking...

Poverty influences our society more now than ever before. Covid exposed the many gaps in our culture and institutions and continues to...