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Sex Workers from all over the country party down at Big Chicks after the four day political conference held here in Chicago. Come grind and rub elbows with the naughtiest of the them all.
Meet sex workers from San Francisco, NYC, and everywhere in between as they converge here in Chicago for the Desiree Alliance conference of 2008. Saturday night will be the night we put aside planning the revolution to get loose and dress up and meet Chicago locals who have supported the movement this year. Come and bring a friend!
WHO::
You (21+), dressed to impress, costumes encouraged... WEAR RED!!
Donations are welcome, but not required. Open to the public!
When::
Saturday Jul 19, 2008
at 9:00 PM
Where::
Sex Workers Outreach Project chapters do something around their local pride festival/march/parade/etc. Each Chapter chooses what they want to do. Here are some things we've done
Nationally we've been at San Francisco Pride since our inception. We've helped ran the gate, ran drink booths, and information booths.
Check out what we are doing in 2008.
** Please distribute widely!
Sex Workers and Allies will be out and proud with SF Pride this year, come see all the great things we are doing:
December 17th is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. A small but meaningful gathering was held at Women Alive Access Center (an organization that focuses on HIV/AIDS prevention for Women of Color Communities in LA) which features Sharon Mitchell from AIM (Adult Industry Medical Center) and Dr.Annie Sprinkle, post porn modernist fame and the music of Mariko Passion, director of Sex Workers Outreach Project-LA.
Tomorrow, Saturday, December 1, is Worlds AIDS Day and the Sex Workers Project joins organizations and individuals worldwide to observe this important day. Below is the Sex Workers Project Press Release on the imperative role of sex workers as leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
This year the Vermont Transgender Day of Rememberance recognized the lives lost to anti-sex worker violence alongside those lost to anti-transgender violence. Through a collaboration with the newly minted Vermont branch of SWOP, a sex worker rights activist was invited to speak on the issue of sex workers' human rights. On behalf of SWOP East, I eagerly accepted the offer to be the keynote speaker at the event.
Fifth Annual International Day to End Violence
The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those
who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event
is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November
28th, 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead”
web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita
