Bella Robinson, sex worker advocate and activist.
On Tuesday, November 10, 2015, Rhode Island sex worker activist and labor organizer Bella Robinson was hosted by Dr. Alan Brown at Southern Connecticut State University for a lecture titled Sex Work and Human Rights, part of the University’s Social Justice Week. Presented in the Adanti Student Center Theater, Robinson explained to her student audience the basic challenges she faces as a sex worker and advocate.
Dr. Brown, a Rhode Island native, is a member of the University’s sociology department and has studied sex worker issues in his professional work, along with topics pertaining to LGBTQQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, questioning, intersex) studies and criminology.
Readers can also visit the website Police, Prostitution, and Politics to learn in-depth facts regarding the sex worker community.
Sex workers interested in joining in the unionizing efforts can contact Madeira Darling at yourprincessmadeira@gmail.com and Bella Robinson at bella@coyoteri.org. Sex worker readers interested in contributing their voices to this continuing project are invited to contact our publication. Conscientious of the challenges facing laborers, we will offer a variety of options to protect contributors. Interested parties can contact Andrew.James.Stewart.Rhode.Island@gmail.com.
