Covid-19 pandemic has left a majority of sex workers and their families without an income. Groups and networks have had to change their workplans to keep community alive. Today we are sharing a message of solidarity from Plaperts, one of the Latin American networks. PLAPERTS REGIONALKarina Bravo Neira.
La pandemia del Covid-19 ha dejado a la mayoria de trabajador*s sexuales y a sus familias sin sustento. Los grupos y las redes regionales han tenido que cambiar sus planes de trabajo para mantener a la comunidad viva. Hoy compartimos un mensajer de solidaridad de Plaperts, una de las redes regionales en Latino America. ... See MoreSee Less
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Inspiring to see Maggie's: Toronto Sex Workers Action Project posting in solidarity with New York City sex workers, regionally strengthening North America's sex worker-led movement!
New York City is one of the epicentres of the pandemic, the losses to the community there are ongoing and those who are invisibilized by shelter-in-place orders, relief efforts, and other responses to the pandemic need global support.
Please show solidarity and join the IWD NYC Digital Rally on June 2 to honour the 45th International Whores' Day!
📌 INTERNATIONAL WHORES’ DAY NYC DIGITAL RALLY | JUNE 2, 2020 | 12-2 PM EST | @iwdnyc 📣
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RSVP via link in bio 🌹
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To mark the 45th IWD, NYC sex workers are staging an online rally + social takeover, honoring the annual global protest.
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We invite all sex workers, sex worker orgs, and allies to tune into our event and flood social media -- with stories of global pandemic survival and expressions of respect for our commuities -- while wearing RED, the color of sex work pride and protest 🔴
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🚨 WHAT TO DO JUNE 2 🚨
* LIVE-STREAM: Tune into our live-stream to watch NYC sex working organizers speak on surviving and caring for their communities.
* DIGITAL RALLY: Join the rally by flooding social media with selfies, graphics, and/or art featuring RED, using the hashtags #InternationalWhoresDay2020 and #RespectSexWorkers.
* ZINE: Download the IWD NYC 2020 Zine, a collaboration between 15 sex workers and allies documenting their experiences, art, and forms of resistance under the current racist, anti-immigrant, classist, homophobic, transphobic, and misogynistic U.S. laws.
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www.eventbrite.com/e/international-whores-day-nyc-digital-rally-tickets-97195208485?fbclid=IwAR2o...
to RSVP, DONATE, and VISIT the IWD WEBSITE, filled with crisis-care resources, global orgs and events, sex worker art, AND MORE.
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The IWD NYC 2020 Coalition @iwdnyc is comprised of NYC-based Sex Worker Rights organizers who have come together with @kinkoutevents to collaborate. We are led by Sex Workers and supported by allies.
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Member orgs: @bluestockingsnyc @citgny @decrimny @glits_inc @hackinghustling @kinkoutevents @maketheroadny @redcanarysong Support Ho(s)e, Survived + Punished @swopbrooklyn
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Artwork: @mistressniko
Graphic: @kddiamond
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Follow: @iwdnyc
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#internationalwhoresday2020, #respectsexworkers, #internationalwhoresdaynyc, #iwdnyc2020, #internationalwhoresday, #internationalsexworkersday, #internationalsexworkersday2020, #kinkout, #kinkoutevents, #rightsnotraids, #rightsnotrescue, #sexworkisworkJune 2nd is International Whores Day in solidarity with sex workers globally! Our IWD is a celebration of the strength and resilience of our communities and the success of sex-worker led mutual aid efforts in the midst of COVID-19!
Register for NYC Digital Rally: www.eventbrite.com/e/international-whores-day-nyc-digital-rally-tickets-97195208485
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