Nov 7, 11am-8pm Hacking//Hustling | Harvard Law School | The need for community (i.e. sex working) centered and created protections and experience-informed tech is urgent. On November 7th, in collaboration with the Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society hosted by the Initiative for a Representative First Amendment we’re inviting researchers, sex workers, legal aid practitioners, accomplices, and tech makers (many of whom embody each of the above categories) to join us for a day long convening, skill and knowledge share. RSVP HERE
Nov 14th,7:30-9pm Rope Bondage 101 | A friendly & practical intro to the basics of rope bondage | PleaseNY Park Slope, Brooklyn | REGISTER HERE Nov 19th, 6:30-8:30pm | Bow Down, a Queer Kink Sex Worker Panel| Leslie Lohman Museum | Sold Out! LiveStream @KinkOutEvents
Nov 26th, 6:30-8:30pm | Trip & Draw | Soho House: Rope Bondage, Music, & Illustration| Soho House Members Only; produced by Etta Shon | More information HERE
Nov 30th, 3-6pm | Vigil for Yang Song | 40th Road (near the LIRR tracks), Flushing, Queens NY/ Rain Location: Chinese Democracy Club/Flushing Quaker Meeting House| A gathering to honor the life of Yang Song, who passed away after a police raid at the massage parlor where she worked in 2017. Together we hope to remember her and imagine a world where all massage parlor workers are safe and respected.
DECEMBER DEC 2nd, 6:30-8:30pm | From Criminalization to Liberation: Organizing Migrant Asian Sex Workers Across Oceans | Jerome Greene Hall Room 701 (Case Lounge), Columbia University Law School : 435 West 116th Street New York, NY 10027 | Panel & Discussion: KK de la Vida, Chanelle Gallant, Elene Lam, Elena Shih and Kate Zen in conversation; Moderated by Yin Q and introduced by Mae M. Ngai | More Information HERE
DEC 12th, 8-930pm | A FREE ROPE BONDAGE 101: A friendly & practical intro to the basics of rope bondage| PLEASURE CHEST 1150 2nd Ave @ 6oth St | More Information HERE
Dec 18th, 7:30-9pm Rope Bondage 101 | A friendly & practical intro to the basics of rope bondage | PleaseNY Park Slope, Brooklyn | Registration HERE
JANUARY- FEBRUARY It is a great honor for Kink Out to be named a Resident Artist for MoMAPS1’s 2019/20 #VWSundaySessions Please join us this Winter in opening the museum to our lifestyles, rituals, stories, and urgencies. LEATHER LIT DAY - Jan 2020: come inside PS1’s bookstore @artbookps1 for community storytelling, zine-making, and letter-writing to incarcerated sex workers 📚 KINK OUT: SPACES - Feb 9, 2020: our residency culminates when Kink Out and our collaborating artists Tiona Nekkia McLodden @tionam and Tamara Santibañez @tamarasantibanez (and more participants TBA!) take over the @MoMAPS1 #VWDome with a large-scale program featuring performances, screenings, immersive experiences, and panels, all centering the creativity and cultural significance of NYC’s Leather/Kink and Sex Worker communities💥