On December 17, 2008, about forty-five of us (sex workers, allies, a few Johns, and some others) gathered to remember sex workers who have been (or will become)victims of violence of various kinds; rape, murder, arrests, police brutality, suicide when facing jail time, robbery... and hate crimes. The Center for Sex and Culture was a lovely, safe, and comfortable environment for our ritual---- sexy even-- with all its velvety couches and an exhibit of lively paintings of Madison Young in bondage! It felt like a sex worker safe house.

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Hello Wonderful Fans of the Infirmary-

I've been working a long time towards translating the Sex Workers Outreach Project website into Spanish / español and Mandarin / 普通话 .

I barely know either language, and am using this as a great way to bone up and learn the languages. So expect it to go VERY slowly, unless I find lots of amazing help, but I finally have *SOMETHING* to show for it. I've got most of the spanish menu system done, and some of the mandarin system done. I've started translating articles and stuff to spanish, which has been interesting. So much work to do!

Full Packet in PDF format

Dear Ally in the Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights,

We are writing to request your organization’s support on the attached letter that will be submitted to President-Elect Obama as well as several of his new cabinet appointees.

This letter and the accompanying National March for Sex Workers’ Rights have been organized by the Sex Workers’ Outreach Project USA (SWOP-USA) and our peer-based network of sex worker organizations. On December 17th we are honoring the 6th Annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (IDEVASW).