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In The News
[Bedford + Bowery] Sex Workers Tip-Toe Back to Business, With Renewed Focus On Fighting Oppression
Zijia Song | June 2 2020
As thousands protest in the streets against the police killing of George Floyd, sex workers in New York rose in solidarity during a livestream to mark International Whores’ Day.
[Sex Tech Magazine] Key Takeaways from International Whore's Day
Wednesday Lee Friday | June 9 2020
This year’s IWD festivities featured a digital conference organized by Kink Out, whose mission is to bring together intersecting communities for collaboration, discussion, art, and kink events.
[Slixa] International Whores Day (IWD): 45 Years After Lyon
Kate D’Adamo | June 2 2020
In a moment marked by a failure of safety nets, social unrest, and public reactions to pervasive and escalating state violence, June 2 will mark International Whores Day(IWD), which began when sex workers took a stand against police violence to demand better.
[A Woman's Thing] Sex Worker Mutual Aid Combats Persistent Exclusion of Migrant Massage Workers
Yin Q | June 1 2020 Sex worker mutual aid efforts are some of the only resources that sex workers, and immigrant sex workers especially, have been able to turn to during these difficult times.
[Peepshow] Episode 54: Allie Eve Knox and Kiara Skye on Tech, Sex Work, and Payment Processing in the Adult Industry
Peepshow Podcast | June 1 2020
For the news segment of Peepshow Podcast, Jessie and PJ Sage discuss IWD NYC Digital Rally and the power of storytelling
[AVN] Sex Workers to Hold Digital Rally for International Whores Day
Robert Neuwave | May 12 2020
On June 2 from 12pm-2pm ET, NYC-based sex worker rights activists are staging an online rally and social media takeover.
[Free Speech Coalition] Sex Workers to Hold Digital Rally for International Whores Day
FSC News Clips | May 13 2020
On June 2 from 12pm-2pm ET, NYC-based sex worker rights activists are staging an online rally and social media takeover.