Public Speaking
I enjoy speaking with a variety of audiences about topics related to sexuality, inequality, culture, and social justice. Below is a list of upcoming & recent public lectures, workshops, and events.
Upcoming Events
- Gender Odyssey Conference. Seattle Washington. Workshop co-facilitator on transgender and Genderqueer sex workers. Aug, 2011
Recent Events
- University of Washington, School of Law. Invited panel on Sex Work. “Introducing Human Rights to the Anti-Trafficking Agenda: The Universal Periodic Review & New Directions for US Policy.”May 9, 2011.
- Pacific Sociology Association. "From Punishment & Salvation to Human Rights: Sex Workers and the United Nations take on the US State Dept.” March 12, 2011, Seattle, WA.
- University of Washington forum: Sex Work, Violence, & Policy: Toward a Human Rights Approach. March 3, 2011
- Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences colloquia, UCSF (Laurel Heights campus). "Can Sex Workers have Rights in the context of 'sex slaves' and the 'sexualization of girls'?" Feb. 24, 2011.
- Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, UCSF (Oakland campus). "Introducing Human Rights to the Anti-Sex-Trafficking Agenda: Sex Worker Activists and the United Nations take on the US State Dept." Feb. 16, 2011.
- Global Health Policy guest lecture, University of California, San Francisco (Parnassess campus). "Sex Workers as Human Rights Activists: A discussion of Recent Activism at the UN and US State Department." Feb. 10, 2011.
- ACLU press conference. Prepared and Read statement on behalf of Safe Schools Coalition regarding the ACLU case of Russell Dickerson II. Seattle, WA. Dec. 7, 2010. http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/AberdeenWAstudentSuesSchools.html
- KBCS radio (91.3 FM). Panelist on Voices of Diversity. Topic: "Bullying and Harassment." NOV. 17, 2010. http://kbcs.fm/site/PageServer?pagename=voicesofdiversity
- Pacific Sociology Association. “Is it still a ‘special evil’?: Anti-trafficking discourse, sex worker activism, & the Obama administration.” Oakland, CA. April 9, 2010.
- Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Western Region. Plenary Speaker (with Shari Dworkin). "Bad Girls Rule: How the "Sexualization of Girls" Discourse Ignores Sexual Health & Justice." Palm Springs, CA. April 10, 2010. http://www.sssswr.org/call.html
- Girls Rock! Seattle. Workshop leader: "Body & Identity Portraits: Women in the Music Industry.” With Faith Simonelli. Seattle, WA. July 29-30, 2010.
- HIV/AIDS Program, Public Health-Seattle & King County. “Male Sex Workers: Toward a Sexual Health and Sexual Rights Approach.” Seattle, WA. July 29, 2010.
- KUOW radio (94.9 FM, NPR affiliate). Guest commentator on the topic of “What is the Future of Adult Entertainment in Seattle?” July 23, 2009. http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=17992