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May Day

May Day is an annual celebration day for rallies and events held by Union peak bodies in most capital cities and regional centers each year.

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SWOP NSW are hosting a live workshop for sex workers and allies! Here we'll have a short explainer of required anti-discrimination protections for NSW sex workers, a workshop on how to write a letter to your MPs, and an opportunity to ask questions.

Event Series Grill & Chill

Vixen Grill & Chill

Vixen Corner of Merrifield St and Boase St,, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

A free, monthly event by and for street-based sex workers: food, music, work supplies + equipment.

Event Series Respect Inc Tea and Tarts

Respect Inc Tea and Tarts

Respect Inc Gimuy (Cairns) Office 7/24 Florence Street, Cairns, QLD, Australia

Come in for supplies, a chat, cup of tea, or join us monthly and bring a plate for Tea and Tarts (sex worker only, current and retired). There is an entrance off Florence Street (main road), and a second entrance and parking around the back off McLeod Street.

Vixen Peer Education Training Group

Vixen Corner of Merrifield St and Boase St,, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

Are you a current or former sex worker who wants to connect with other workers and learn skills in peer education? Join us at Vixen for our monthly peer education training group!
Anyone who has done any kind of sex work for any amount of time is welcome! No previous study experience required.

Vixen SexyBishion

Victoria

The Friday before June 2nd - International Whores Day - Vixen will be hosting a SexyBishion - an art & performance exhibition open to ALL creative sex worker submissions: painting, drawing, print, sculpture, performance, and more!

International Whores Day

On 2 June 1975, approximately 100 sex workers occupied Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon, France, to express their anger about their criminalised and exploitative living conditions. They hung a banner from the steeple which read ‘Our children do not want their mothers to go to jail’, and launched a media campaign to broadcast their grievances to the world. Their action made national and international news headlines, started a strike that involved sex workers from all over France, and created a legacy of activism that is celebrated each year by sex worker groups all over the world.

The sex workers occupying Saint-Nizier Church demanded, among other things, an end to police harassment, the re-opening of the hotels where they worked, and a proper investigation into a series of sex worker murders. Sex workers in other French towns heard of the occupation in Lyon and, in solidarity, took sanctuary in churches in Marseille, Grenoble, Montpellier and Paris. Across the country, French sex workers joined the action by taking part in an eight-day long strike.

Despite the national impact of the protest, the police refused to engage with the protestors’ grievances and threatened increasingly harsh punishments. Eventually, the police cleared the church after eight days and, though the occupation and strike did not result in law reform, sex worker activists credit it as the spark that ignited the contemporary sex workers’ rights movement in Europe and the UK.

SWOP NSW Hookers & Strippers Ball

They say it's the oldest profession! Come as your favourite Harlot to celebrate the rich whorestory of sex work across time. You can come as a real life person or just a vibe - we'll have a best dressed prize for who's the dishiest broad. This event is for sex workers and their invited guests only.

Vixen Peer Education Training Group

Vixen Corner of Merrifield St and Boase St,, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

Are you a current or former sex worker who wants to connect with other workers and learn skills in peer education? Join us at Vixen for our monthly peer education training group!
Anyone who has done any kind of sex work for any amount of time is welcome! No previous study experience required.

SWOP NSW – Newcastle & Central Coast Outreach

Central Coast NSW, Australia +1 more

This 19 - 21st of June 2024, our outreach team will be visiting Newcastle and the Central Coast. We have our Cantonese/Mandarin Speaking and Trans & GD outreach workers coming - please get in touch if you’d like a visit for some supplies, resources, or just a chat!

RESPECT QLD: Decrim Info Session – Online

Online

Join us for a online Decrim info session on Wednesday June 19th at 2pm-3pm, online! There are many changes taking place as Decrim has finally been passed and takes affect on August 1st, Respect Inc and DecrimQLD invite you to an information session to learn what this means for you! This is a sex worker only session. Please send your RSVP via info@respectqld.org.au to receive the joining link.

Event Series Grill & Chill

Vixen Grill & Chill

Vixen Corner of Merrifield St and Boase St,, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

A free, monthly event by and for street-based sex workers: food, music, work supplies + equipment.

Event Series Respect Inc Tea and Tarts

Respect Inc Tea and Tarts

Respect Inc Gimuy (Cairns) Office 7/24 Florence Street, Cairns, QLD, Australia

Come in for supplies, a chat, cup of tea, or join us monthly and bring a plate for Tea and Tarts (sex worker only, current and retired). There is an entrance off Florence Street (main road), and a second entrance and parking around the back off McLeod Street.

RESPECT QLD: Sex Workplace Health & Safety Online Info Session

Online

Following the Decriminalisation of sex work in Queensland, there will be a new Work Health and Safety Guidance for Sex Work, beginning 1st August 2024. We invite you to join us online for our WHS information session, Wednesday 26th June 2pm-3pm, to learn everything you need to know. This info session is sex worker only.

RESPECT QLD – Injecting Drugs & Stigma

Respect Inc Meanjin (Brisbane) Office Level 1, 76 Wickham St, Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia

WORKSHOP: INJECTING DR*GS AND STIGMA.

Presented by Queensland Injectors Health Network (QuIHN), this longer training session will explore and challenge the stigmas attached to people who inject drugs or support others who do.

Event Series SWOP NSW Drop Ins

SWOP NSW Pet Picnic & Indie Worker Drop-In

Alexandria Park Wyndham St, Sydney, NSW, Australia

SWOP NSW's next Indie Worker Drop in will be a pet picnic in the park! Sex worker supplies provided (as well as dog treats). Please keep your pups on a leash until everyone has been acquainted. Pets not essential - please get in touch with outreach worker Rosie for more info.

Vixen Peer Education Training Group

Vixen Corner of Merrifield St and Boase St,, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

Are you a current or former sex worker who wants to connect with other workers and learn skills in peer education? Join us at Vixen for our monthly peer education training group!
Anyone who has done any kind of sex work for any amount of time is welcome! No previous study experience required.

Event Series Respect Inc Tea and Tarts

Respect Inc Tea and Tarts

Respect Inc Gimuy (Cairns) Office 7/24 Florence Street, Cairns, QLD, Australia

Come in for supplies, a chat, cup of tea, or join us monthly and bring a plate for Tea and Tarts (sex worker only, current and retired). There is an entrance off Florence Street (main road), and a second entrance and parking around the back off McLeod Street.

Respect QLD Decrim Day Sex Worker Afternoon Tea

Respect Inc Meanjin (Brisbane) Office Level 1, 76 Wickham St, Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia +2 more

Sex worker-only afternoon tea to celebrate Decrim Day! Bring a plate to share if you like. Join us on 1 August 2024 from 2.30-4.30pm at your local office in Brisbane, Gold Coast or Cairns.