 On June 2, 1975, over 100 sex workers began an eight-day occupation at the Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon, France. They demanded the end of fines, stigma, police harassment, and the release of 10 sex workers who had been imprisoned a few days earlier for soliciting. June 2nd has since become a benchmark day for honoring sex workers all over the globe and recognizing their often-exploited working conditions.
This year, Kink Out is teaming up with Free Speech Coalition and Strippers United at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles to present: INTERNATIONAL WH*RES’ DAY 2022 (LA)June 2, 2022 | 6–9pm PT The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (152 North Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012) FREE, No RSVP necessary MORE INFO HERE On International Wh*res’ Day 2022, Los Angeles’ MOCA and Kink Out, in collaboration with Free Speech Coalition and Strippers United, are creating a space for sex worker rights orgs and allies to come together. Hosted by Emcee Natalie ’NatsHoney’ Clark, our program features:
We are also supporting an NYC Event: WH*RE DYNASTY (NYC)Hosted by G.L.I.T.S & Body Hack June 2, 2022 | 7pm-4am ET @ Nowadays (56-06 Cooper Ave. Ridgewood, NY 11385, USA) $25 + fees // FREE for Trans Women BUY TICKETS KO is excited to show and glow on the Nowadays dance floor with G.L.I.T.S. and Body Hack for their celebration, Wh*re Dynasty, marking IWD and acknowledging the loss of community members in 2021. It is also a fundraiser for G.L.I.T.S. (Gays & Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society). Admission to this event is free for Trans women.
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READ MAY JEONG'S VANITY FAIR ARTICLE HERE
We mourn the eight lives lost, yet I don't know any one of them. It's a complicated issue to mourn lives of people who would have likely not chosen to be in political space with me. My RCS colleague, Yves, reminds me: they did not choose to be martyrs. We shouldn't politicize their identities. And yet, I will stand on a stage in two days and say their names, the names of the dead, with the hope of granting the living a better chance at a more equitable life. May Jeong, journalist who wrote this NYTimes article last March shortly after the shooting, traveled to Atlanta to unearth the crevices and corners of the lives of the victims and survivors and her own family rooms of memories and our collective history as Asian Americans. READ MAY JEONG'S VANITY FAIR ARTICLE HERE |
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