tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12446194323987496032024-02-07T15:36:26.350-08:00Festival of Sex WorkJane Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655946764255212467noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-37996581834745204102015-08-15T04:45:00.000-07:002015-08-15T04:45:23.634-07:00Message from the Vixen Collective<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Vixen Collective extends thanks to those who attended and supported the Festival of Sex Work; sex workers, allies, supporters and members of the public, and for making the festival the a resounding success this year.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Sex workers and our representative organisations, like Vixen Collective, continue to strive to end stigma and discrimination, for the full decriminalisation of sex work, and for occupation health and safety, human and labour right for sex workers.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">We hope to see all those who attended - peers, allies and supporters - at more events and rallies in Victoria, and to keep pursuing these essential goals together. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Thank you all for your involvement, friendship and solidarity!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">"Vixen Collective regrets that the Festival of Sex Work is this year not able to be held in venues that provide for wheelchair access. Please note however that the Red Umbrella Rally on Sunday the 9th of August is an accessible event and is open to both sex workers and allies". </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Melbourne VIC, Australia-37.814107 144.96327999999994-38.6164245 143.67238649999993 -37.0117895 146.25417349999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-48017380253033691502015-08-04T18:32:00.000-07:002015-10-29T19:12:46.698-07:00FILM NIGHT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please join us for the Festival of Sex Work Film Night.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Screening a selection of short films made by and featuring sex workers.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Join us to celebrate and support sex worker film makers </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">and the sex workers </span></div>
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69 Things I Love About Sex Work (Director - Isabel Hosti, Canada, 2006)</div>
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Coming Out As A Sex Worker - For Sex Workers & Our Families (Filmmakers - Ryan & Hanako, Australia, 2013)</div>
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You're A Winner - Sprinkle Magic (Director - Douglas Brook, Australia, 1996)</div>
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Booking With A Worker In A Decriminalised State (Filmmaker - Holly in Griffith, Australia, 2014)</div>
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<b>The films '69 Things I Love About Sex Work' and 'You're A Winner' come to us via the San Francisco Bay Area Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival.... <a href="http://sexworkerfest.com/"><span style="color: #3b5998; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;">http://sexworkerfest.com/</span></a></b></div>
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Note: the majority of events during the Festival of Sex Work are free of charge, however as an unfunded organisation Vixen Collective is taking this opportunity to raise funds to go some small way towards covering its work in the upcoming year.</div>
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Vixen Collective regrets that the Festival of Sex Work is this year not able to be held in venues that provide for wheelchair access. Please note however that the Red Umbrella Rally on Sunday the 9th of August is an accessible event and is open to both sex workers and allies.</div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-31011160543353797522015-08-04T18:31:00.000-07:002015-08-04T18:31:43.782-07:00ASK A SEX WORKER A QUESTION - Public Forum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Cam Cox - </b>I started sex working whilst still at high school as a street based sex worker at the Wall in Sydney. I currently sex work, write & lecture on sex worker rights, criminalisation, HIV and biomedical prevention, and was recently appointed CEO of Sex Workers Outreach Project NSW. </div>
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<b>Dallas Taylor -</b> I am a full service sex worker and have worked in brothels, massage parlours, and privately. I'm a trans man who works as female. I've mostly worked in Sydney and Melbourne. </div>
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<b>Lucie Bee - </b>I'm a Mattress Actress, Escort and Sex Geek. Gamer Girl and Marvel Tragic. I've had a knack for chatting with journos lately. I'm loud and unapologetic and pretty fiery when it comes to the Australian Sex and Porn industries. </div>
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<b>Mistress Lux - </b>Current incarnation MzLux Professional Dominatrix. Specialising in humiliation, degradation, psychological torture…. or being a whore in societies war! I don't like vanilla ice cream, sex worker politics and I swear. </div>
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<b>Ryan Cole - </b>I began my sex work career in my hometown of Melbourne at a strip club, but now work privately from home and touring other cities - working from hotels and sometimes from the street. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Part 1 - What is B&D, S&M, Fetish and Kink. What is the difference between being a dominant, submissive, slave, kinky play partner and what is required in each of these scenes. What are client expectations and how to manage yourself and safety when dealing with each of these situations.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Part 2 - Sex worker BDSM Action Kit including: what equipment to have in it based on what your clients are asking for, environment you work in (in a brothel or escorting), confidence, experience and money.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-16674987305946023452015-08-03T04:17:00.000-07:002015-08-03T04:25:25.181-07:00Media Release - Melbourne 2015 Fesival of Sex Work<div class="column">
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold';">Melbourne 2015 Festival of Sex Work</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">Vixen Collective, Victoria's peer only sex worker organisation, is for the third time running the Festival of Sex
Work, from Friday August 7th until Sunday August 9th 2015.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">The Festival is a celebration of the lives, skills, culture and community of sex workers, and will include a number
of different events. Some of these events will be for sex workers only, whilst others will be open to the public.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">The Festival of Sex Work is being organised by Vixen Collective, a group run by and for sex workers in Victoria,
and the Festival organising committee is 100% comprised of current and former sex workers.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">Vixen Collective member, Rahni Bell, says: "It's a chance for sex workers to come together as a community, have
some fun, celebrate talents and skill sharing from our colleagues and escape from the stereotypes we, as sex
workers, are so often subject to in everyday life"
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">Despite the fact that Melbourne was the first place in the world to fund a sex worker organisation, the current
situation in Victoria is that government funding goes to services that have a vested interest in portraying sex
workers as a health issue or as exploited victims in need of rescuing.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">Much of the discourse and decision making about sex work in Victoria excludes sex workers. The Festival of Sex
Work provides an opportunity for Victorian sex workers to challenge stereotypes and to have their voices heard.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">"Sex workers are so often talked about, but not listened to as a community. Sex workers refuse to be silenced
and the Festival of Sex Work is a chance for Victorian sex workers to speak up about their own lives and work."
Vixen Collective member, Riley Alexander.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">The Festival of Sex Work is created solely by the volunteer efforts and resources of sex workers themselves,
working with no corporate sponsorship or government funding.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">The Festival of Sex Work aims to be a safe space for sex workers and their allies, one that protects the human
rights and respects the diverse perspectives and experiences of sex workers.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">The public events for the Festival will be held at the Courthouse Hotel in North Melbourne and will include a
public 'Ask A Sex Worker A Question' panel, a 'Festival of Sex Work Film Night' (screening films made by and
featuring sex workers), and a sex worker Art Exhibition.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;"><b>For more information please visit our website:</b><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">Festival of Sex Work - </span><span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">http://festivalofsexwork.blogspot.com.au/
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">Vixen Collective - </span><span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">http://vixencollective.blogspot.com.au/
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">For further media information or interviews, please contact:
Jane Green, Media Liaison: 0420 887 845</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Italic'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">"Vixen Collective regrets that the Festival of Sex Work is this year not able to be held in venues that
provide for wheelchair access. Please note however that the Red Umbrella Rally on Sunday the 9th of
August is an accessible event and is open to both sex workers and allies."</span><br />
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August 7th 6pm - 9pm</div>
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August 8th 12pm - 9pm</div>
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<b>Courthouse Hotel</b><br />
Corner Errol & Queensberry St,<br />
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This Exhibition is open to the public.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">'Art Exhibition'</span></b><br />
<b>Short intro by 'Debby Doesn't Do It For Free'</b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Friday, August 7th, 6pm</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">'Ask a Sex Worker a Question'</span></b><br />
<b>Public Forum & Panel Discussion</b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Friday, August 7th, 7pm</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Ask a Sex Worker a Question Panelists:</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><b>Cam Cox, Dallas Taylor, Lucie Bee, Mistress Lux, Ryan Cole </b></span></div>
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<b>Courthouse Hotel</b><br />
Corner Errol & Queensberry St,<br />
North Melbourne<br />
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This event is open to the public.</div>
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Sex workers are encouraged to book at the 'concession' rate, but Vixen Collective does not wish ticket prices to be a barrier to entry for any peer, so if this is the case, come along on the night and you will be admitted free of charge (Vixen Collective).</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/festival-of-sex-work-opening-night-launch-tickets-17874421877" target="_blank">Opening Night Tickets - Ask a Sex Worker a Question</a></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">'WORKSHOPS'</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Saturday, August 8th, 11am to 5pm.</span><br />
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<b>Sex-Worker ONLY Event.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">RSVP via -</b><span style="color: red;"> vixencollectivemelbourne@gmail.com</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saturday, August 8th, 7pm.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;">This event is open to the public.</b></div>
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Festival of Sex Work Film Night - screening a selection of short films made by and featuring sex workers. Join us to celebrate and support sex worker film makers and the sex workers that feature in these films!</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Films Screening:</span></b><br />
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69 Things I Love About Sex Work (Director - Isabel Hosti, Canada, 2006)<br />
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Coming Out As A Sex Worker - For Sex Workers & Our Families (Filmmakers - Ryan & Hanako, Australia, 2013)<br />
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You're A Winner - Sprinkle Magic (Director - Douglas Brook, Australia, 1996)<br />
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Booking With A Worker In A Decriminalised State (Filmmaker - Holly in Griffith, Australia, 2014)<br />
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<b>The Films '69 Things I Love About Sex Work' and 'You're A Winner' </b><br />
<b>come to us via the - </b><b>San Francisco Bay Area Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival…</b><br />
<b>http://sexworkerfest.com/</b></div>
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Sex workers are encouraged to book at the 'concession' rate, but Vixen Collective does not wish ticket prices to be a barrier to entry for any peer, so if this is the case, come along on the night and you will be admitted free of charge (Vixen Collective).</div>
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/festival-of-sex-work-film-night-tickets-17874502117" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Film Night Tickets</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">The films playing as part of the Festival of Sex Work Film Night contain adult themes and images and as such Vixen Collective recommends this be treated as an R18 event.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">'Red Umbrella Rally for Sex Worker Rights'</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday, Aug 9th, 12pm.</span><br />
State Library of Victoria<br />
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<b>You do not have to book for this event.</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">'Whore's Lunch'</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday, Aug 9th, 1.30pm.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>RSVP via -</b> vixencollectivemelbourne@gmail.com</span></div>
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<b>A Vixen Collective Fundraiser</b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday, Aug 9th, 6pm</span><br />
(Before the 'Performance Night')<br />
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<b>Sex-worker ONLY event</b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>RSVP via</b> - vixencollectivemelbourne@gmail.com</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The Vixen Collective is still looking for donations for Whoredrobe. Please email vixen at vixencollectivemelbourne@gmail.com. Donations can be collected from around Melbourne, Tues to Thurs, or can be dropped off, at the Exhibition throughout the Festival, or during the Workshops.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"><b>"Vixen Collective regrets that the Festival of Sex Work is this year not able to be held in venues that provide for wheelchair access. Please note however that the Red Umbrella Rally on Sunday the 9th of August is an accessible event and is open to both sex workers and allies". </b></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Melbourne VIC, Australia-37.814107 144.96327999999994-38.6164245 143.67238649999993 -37.0117895 146.25417349999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-27662904490614471782015-07-31T22:37:00.001-07:002015-08-04T18:03:34.852-07:00Updates & Announcements<span style="color: red;">Melbourne 2015</span><br />
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Updates & Announcements:</span></u></b><br />
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This page contains information and updates to help you navigate the Melbourne 2015, Festival of Sex Work, August 7-9th. See the <b>Itinerary,</b> for session times, and Ticketing requirements. More information on each event is available under each individual post.<br />
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Check our social media accounts, (and like/follow us), for more updates and announcements, on the Melbourne 2015 Festival Of Sex Work -<br />
Facebook: www.facebook.com/festivalofsexwork<br />
Twitter: @FoSexWork<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Listen to Jane Green talking about the Festival of Sex Work on @JOY949's show 'Hide & Seek' tonight at </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_336045309" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9pm EST</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><a href="http://t.co/5KdrkMTYgN" rel="noreferrer" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">http://t.co/5KdrkMTYgN</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please see our recently uploaded document regarding the Vixen Collective's - 'Safer Spaces Policy', for the Festival of Sex Work (2015).</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>The Vixen Collective is still looking for donations for Whoredrobe!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Collections can be made this week, Tues, 4th - Thurs, 6th August.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Please contact - vixencollectivemelbourne@gmail.com</span><br />
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<b>Sex-worker ONLY Events: </b>Please RSVP to all the sex-worker ONLY events that you will be attending, via - vixencollectivemelbourne@gmail.com<br />
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<b>Public Events: </b>Information on Ticket Purchase information for the public events (Opening Night - Ask a Sex Worker a Question & the Film Night), are available under each event page (and also on the <i>'Itinerary'</i> page).<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: large;">Safer Spaces Policy (2015)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">The Melbourne Festival of Sex Work Safer Spaces Policy is about taking a positive, proactive,
preventative step towards making spaces safer in our community. We use the word ‘safer’ to
acknowledge that no space can be entirely safe for everyone and not everyone experiences
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">We want the Melbourne Festival of Sex Work to offer sex worker friendly environments that
are welcoming, engaging and supportive: spaces where people take care of one another whilst
promoting lively and productive debate. We want people to feel they can be themselves and
that different opinions are important and can strengthen our community. We are asking people
to be proactive in creating a safer, sex work positive space that is comfortable for everyone
attending. We won’t be micro-monitoring behaviour at the Festival, but each event will be
facilitated and we expect that everyone attending will respect our safer spaces statement and
take responsibility for their behaviour at all times.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Just as we use the word “safer” because no space can be 100% safe for all participants, we also
acknowledge that no policy can eliminate 100% of risk and danger for people participating in
any event. With that in mind Festival organisers would like to make clear that this policy is a
guiding document, one that is live and can be amended as necessary. Festival organisers are
open to feedback regarding the Safer Spaces Policy and this can be given by emailing
</span><span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">vixencollectivemelbourne@gmail.com
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><b>Every event is a safer space for all participants.
</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Being a safer space for participants means a number of things:<br />
1. Event content must not discriminate, exclude or perpetuate stigma against its potential
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">participants. Each event, its facilitators and participants must avoid making judgements and/or
promoting prejudice about race, sex, gender, sexuality, ability, drug use, mode of sex work,
legal status, and mental health. If it is necessary to be exempt from this (for example, a
workshop’s content may only be relevant for only cisfemale participants), these stipulations
and the reasons for them must be made explicit to festival organisers and will be absolutely
clear from the beginning in all promotional material.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">2. Privacy and confidentiality of participants is paramount. It will be made clear to participants
that no personal or identifying details are ever required for participation in a workshop; that no
contribution made by participants at a workshop will be shared outside of it unless consent is
clearly and explicitly given; and no recording devices (including cameras) will be used during
workshops.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">3. Event facilitators must be aware that some content may trigger a negative emotional impact
on participants. Any planned event content that may be at all traumatic (including discussions </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">of violence,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> abuse, suicide) must be made clear to participants prior to the event. It must also </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">be made clear to participants that they can leave the event whenever they want and should
debriefing be necessary, festival organisers will arrange this in accordance with our Safer
Spaces Policy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">4. </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">The Festival is made up of events that are either sex worker only or open to the public. In
terms of ensuring the safety of event participants, public events will be clearly indicated as
such. (Further discussion of this below)
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">5. </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Festival organisers will ensure that a safer space and debriefers will be made available at all
events. Participants will be made aware that their involvement is completely voluntary and the
right to exit any event plus access to a debriefer will be upheld.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">6. </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Festival organisers are sex workers. As such we also need to ensure our own safety. While we
are responsive to concerns individuals may have regarding the operation of our festival we will
not tolerate abuse or harassment of individual Festival organisers or the collective.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><b>This Festival is a celebration of Sex Work.
</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Events must reflect this. We want the experience sex workers have at the festival to be a
positive one. We recognise the diversity of experiences of sex work and festival organisers do
not want to make invisible any sex workers experience. However, the festival is a constructive
and positive space; it is not the right place for working through people's personal issues; it is
not the space to attack or critique any individual sex worker.
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Each event must</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">1. ...affirm or further the goals of sex worker rights</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">2. ...contribute to participants understanding of the diversity of sex work</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">3. ...give priority to focusing on the skills, character and strategies that sex workers use in
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">combating stigma and discrimination
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><b>Sex Worker Only and Public Events
</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">The Festival organisers acknowledge that negotiating safety in a sex worker only space is
different to negotiating safety at a public event. The festival organisers value the contribution
of sex workers and recognise that particular goals of promoting sex worker rights, health and
well being can only occur in sex worker only spaces. However, Festival organisers would also
like create opportunities for the general public to engage with the perspectives of sex workers.
With this in mind the following guiding principles are adopted by Festival organisers:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">The location of sex worker only events will not be publicised in any public document.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">2.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">All events that are open to the public will be made explicitly clear to all participants.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">3. </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">The full details of sex worker only events will only be promoted in forums that are clearly and
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">explicitly sex worker only networks.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">4. </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">No one has the right to compel an individual to produce evidence of their status as a sex
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">worker. However, Festival organisers recognise the need to engage in strategies that ensure sex
worker only events are attended by sex workers only. This will be done through promotional
strategies that enable a degree of verification . Festival organisers reserve the right to refuse
participants attendance of sex worker only events.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Specific Events:
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">All workshops during the day and social events during the festival will be sex worker only
spaces.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">The art exhibition, 'Ask A Sex Worker A Question' night, rally and film nights will be public
events. The Safer Spaces Policy will be made available at these events and awareness of this will
be stated as part of each events formal process.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">No participant is compelled to attend any public event if they do not wish, and participation in
thefestivalcanbeentirelyatsexworkeronlyeventsiftheparticipantwishes. Publiceventsare
designed to engage our allies and friends as well as the broader public.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">The end of Festival party will be an invite only event for those sex workers who have already
attended sex worker only events as part of the Festival. Participants are strictly sex workers
only.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><b>Examining our own subtle and not-so-subtle prejudices
</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">If we profess to be concerned about issues such as race, gender and sexuality, we need to live
our lives in a way that proactively seeks to subvert prejudice and undermine discrimination.
This means treating people equally and acknowledging that everyone has something amazing
to contribute. It means not being tokenistic.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">We may like to think of the Melbourne Festival of Sex Work as an alternative space where
people reject the prejudices associated with ‘mainstream’ anti-sex work values. However, sex
worker communities can often carry the same prejudices as the so-called mainstream and we
all need to address this. We are part of this broader society. All of us have to challenge our own
internalised sex worker stigma. By participating in making the Festival a safer space, we can all
learn about how to overcome this stigma.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">People attending the Melbourne Festival of Sex Work are asked to be aware of their language
and behaviour and to think about whether it might be offensive to others. The Festival is no
space for violence, sexual assault, touching people without their consent, being intolerant of
someone’s religious beliefs or lack thereof, being creepy, sleazy, racist, ageist, sexist,
heterosexist, homophobic, transphobic, cissexist, ableist, classist, fat shaming, sex negative, slut
shaming, victim blaming or any other behaviour or language that may perpetuate oppression.
Please also consider whether anxiety, new environments, being surrounded by new people,
drugs, alcohol, etc could blur your ability to gauge how your behaviour is affecting others.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><b>A note to people who aren’t sex workers attending the Melbourne Festival of Sex Work
</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">The Festival strives to create a safer space for sex workers, even at public events. We want
people who aren’t sex workers to come along to public events and learn what it takes to
support sex workers. The following are some pointers about how to be an ally to our
community. Festival organisers would like to acknowledge that these pointers have been
adapted from a document originally published by the Sex Worker Outreach Project, Chicago.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">1) </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Don’t assume anything about anyone you may meet at the festival. Don’t assume you know
that a person is in the sex industry or that you know their reasons for being there.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">2) </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Be Discreet and Respect Personal Boundaries. If you know a sex worker, it’s OK to engage in
dialogue with them in private, but respect their privacy surrounding their work in public
settings. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Don’t ask personal questions such as “does your family know what you do?” If a sex
worker is not “out” to their friends, family, or co-workers, it’s not your place to tell everyone
what they do.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">3) </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Don’t Judge. Know your own prejudices and realise that not everyone shares the same
opinions as you. Whatever you may think about sex work is irrelevant compared to the actual
experiences of the person who works in the industry. It’s not your place to pass judgment on
how another person earns the money they need to survive.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">4) </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Watch Your Language. Cracking jokes or using derogatory terms such as “hooker”, “whore”,
“slut”, or “ho” is not acceptable. While some sex workers have reclaimed these words and use
them among themselves, they are usually used to demean sex workers when spoken by
outsiders.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">5) </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Address Your Prejudices. If you have a deep bias or underlying fear that all sex workers are
bad people and/or full of diseases, then perhaps these are issues within yourself that you need
to address. In fact, the majority of sex workers practice safer sex than those in the general
community and get tested regularly.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">6) </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Don’t Play Rescuer. Not all sex workers are trying to get out of the industry or in need of help.
Ask them what they need, but not everyone is looking for “Captain Save-A-Ho” or the “Pretty
Woman” ending.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">7) </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">If you are a client or patron of sex workers, be respectful of boundaries. You’re buying a
service, not a person. Don’t ask for real names, call at all hours of the day/night, or think that
your favourite sex worker is going to enter into a relationship with you off the clock.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">8) </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Do Your Own Research. Most mainstream media is biased against sex workers and the
statistics you read in the news about the sex industry are usually inaccurate. Be critical of what
you read or hear and educate yourself on who exactly is transmitting diseases or being
trafficked.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">9) </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Respect that Sex Work is Real Work. There’s a set of professional skills involved and it’s not
necessarily an industry that everyone can enter into. Don’t tell someone to get a “real job”
when they already have one that suits them just fine.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">10) Just because someone is a sex worker doesn’t mean they will have sex with you. No matter
what area of the sex industry that someone works in, don’t assume that they are promiscuous
and willing to have sex with anyone at any time.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">11) Be Supportive and Share Resources. If you know of someone who is new to the industry or in
an abusive situation with an employer, by all means offer advice and support without being
condescending. Despite the situation, calling the police is usually never a good option. Refer
someone to their nearest peer sex worker service (this means a service run by and for sex
workers).
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">12) As you learn the above things, stand up for sex workers when conversations happen. Don’t let
the stigma, bigotry and shame around sex work continue. Remember it’s important that sex
workers be allowed to speak for themselves and for allies to not speak for sex workers but to
speak with sex workers.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Realise that sex work transcends ‘visible’ notions of race, gender, class, sexuality, education,
and identities; sex workers are your sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers, lovers, and friends.
Respect them!
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><b>Grievance Process
</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">1) If you wish to proceed with a grievance, directly approach the person whose behaviour has
caused you to feel unsafe to try to resolve the issue. Please do so while maintaining safer
spaces yourself – refer to section above.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">AND/OR:
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Walk away if you can’t reach a resolution, we don’t endorse individuals aggravating conflicts
that exist over differences of opinion. Acknowledge the difference of opinion. Make your
opposition known. Find your friends, go to a quiet space and debrief.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">2) If unresolved, approach the designated grievance contact/s for the Melbourne Festival of Sex
Work Collective (ask any Vixen Collective representative and they will advise who this is).
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">3) The collective member will ask you if you have approached the person involved already. If
you have not, see step one.
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">4) The collective will meet daily during Festival of Sex Work and will hear complex and
unresolved grievances if necessary. This is an absolutely last step and we encourage individuals
to take responsibility for their one-on-one conflicts maturely if possible PRIOR to needing the
collective to intervene.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">5) Excluding people from Festival Events is an absolute final resort and will only be done by
consensus decision of the collective
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">If you decide to confront a person you have a grievance with, or ask a third party to do so on
your behalf, or you have been asked to approach a person on behalf of another, please keep in
mind that YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS regardless of your grievance with
another person. At no time are you acting on behalf of the collective.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">The Festival Collective recognises that some people have ongoing conflict/grievances which
have originated in a space outside of the Festival. It is not the role of the Festival, its organisers
or this policy to resolve such conflict. Please inform Festival organisers if you feel this may
impact on your ability to feel safe whilst attending the Festival. Please be aware that while we
will do our best to provide a safer space for all participants, we cannot necessarily mediate all
tensions that are brought to our Festival. Again, Festival organisers would like to reiterate, YOU
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><b>Distribution of the policy
</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">We want everyone who attends the Melbourne Festival of Sex Work to be aware of this safer
spaces policy. This statement will be on the website, displayed around the venues, distributed
to those facilitating workshops and hopefully it will come up in discussions. Feel free to alert
your friends to the existence of this policy.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">We hope that the very existence of this information will assist in the following ways:
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<span style="font-family: 'Symbol'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">As a visible/constant reminder of everyone’s need to take responsibility for their own
behaviour
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<span style="font-family: 'Symbol'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">To keep the issues fresh in everyone’s minds
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Symbol'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">As a reminder that words, body language, actions and behaviour affect other people
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">and make them feel certain ways – a reminder to be aware of other people’s personal
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">boundaries
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Symbol'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">To work preventatively
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Symbol'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">To follow the Grievance Process
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Symbol'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">To take responsibility for your own actions when confronting or addressing a third party
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">with whom you have a grievance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Thank you for taking the time to read this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Festival organisers would like to acknowledge and thank Camp Betty, the Scarlet Alliance and </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">SWOP-Chicago, whose own safer spaces policies and publications have been influential in the
creation of the Melbourne Festival of Sex Work Safer Spaces Policy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span>
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Please join us for the Opening Night Launch of the Festival of Sex Work.<br />
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Sex workers are encouraged to book at the 'concession' rate, but Vixen Collective does not wish ticket prices to be a barrier to entry for any peer, so if this is the case, come along on the night and you will be admitted free of charge (Vixen Collective).</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whoredrobe is one of Vixen's few fundraising events. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The Vixen Collective is looking for films made by, or featuring sex workers, for a 'public screening', at the 2015 Melbourne <i>Festival of Sex Work</i> <b>'Film Night',</b> Saturday August 8th. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Entry is open to current and former sex workers. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>See Selection Criteria below. </b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">2) The current or former sex worker submitting the film has permission to submit the film to the Festival of Sex Work from any and all sex worker participants/contributors (and can provide evidence of such on request).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">a) cultural, legal, human, occupational and civil rights of all sex workers</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">b) full decriminalisation of sex work and will not accept other discriminatory models or legislation that infringe on the rights of sex workers</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Any work, or any part of any work submitted that is contrary to these goals may immediately disqualify the work from participation.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">4) The current or former sex worker submitting the film is not also an owner or operator of a sex industry business or manager in a sex industry business.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Melbourne VIC, Australia-37.814107 144.96327999999994-38.6164245 143.67238649999993 -37.0117895 146.25417349999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-61580595525207711892015-06-20T23:05:00.001-07:002015-07-14T01:22:35.846-07:00Callout for 'WHOREDROBE' Donations<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">CALLOUT FOR DONATIONS</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">We're asking sex workers to donate any work gear you no longer use</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">i.e. Dresses, outfits, shoes, etc….</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Vixen members can collect donations around Melb.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Please contact Vixen at - vixencollectivemelbourne@gmail.com</span></b></td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-2352166422983923502015-06-20T04:46:00.003-07:002015-07-28T02:01:33.980-07:00Callout - Are you a Performer & Sex Worker?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">THE VIXEN COLLECTIVE </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">SUNDAY, AUGUST 9TH</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">PLEASE CONTACT VIXEN AT -</span></b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-57991446739058165472015-06-20T04:44:00.002-07:002015-07-14T01:32:46.946-07:00Callout for WORKSHOPS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>2015 FESTIVAL OF SEX WORK</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Melbourne</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>PLEASE CONTACT VIXEN AT -</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">vixencollectivemelbourne@gmail.com</span></td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-76224820590258658752015-06-20T04:42:00.005-07:002015-07-14T01:32:57.316-07:00Callout for ART Submissions<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>2015 FESTIVAL OF SEX WORK</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Melbourne</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Please contact Vixen at -</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">vixencollectivemelbourne@gmail.com</span></td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-18096854236255859632012-06-08T17:31:00.001-07:002012-06-08T17:33:38.747-07:00Festival of Sex Work in The Age<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Forum: Angela White, Cassie and Christian. <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Photo: Craig Abraham</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A PORN star, an escort, a tantric practitioner, a dominatrix and a rent boy walk into a bar … and willingly answer any question thrown at them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At least that's what happened last night at a public forum in the Secret Society Bar in Bourke Street.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a bid to demystify their profession, the sex workers appeared on a panel open to the public, as part of this week's Festival of Sex Work, the first festival of its kind in Australia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Organised by Vixen, a collective of current and former sex workers who promote civil rights in the industry, the impetus for the festival was to give a voice to sex workers. The festival receives no corporate sponsorship or government funding.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night's event, Ask A Sex Worker A Question, invited members of the public to ask any question in exchange for a gold coin donation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">''We're tired of other people talking about us,'' said event co-organiser Tabitha. ''We're a very diverse group of workers.''</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stars of last night's panel were Australian adult actor Angela White, our most popular internet porn star, and dominatrix Lady Ambrosia Noir, who, along with the rest of the panel answered questions about their ideal day at work, labour rights in the industry and depictions of sex workers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Age</em> asked the panel about the portrayal of sex workers in the Craig Thomson scandal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Private escort Cassie said she found the emphasis on Thomson's alleged use of sex workers, rather than of misusing his credit card, offensive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">''Particularly the way most media threw around the term 'hooker'. Sex work is a legal service,'' she said. Male escort Christian, who has worked in the industry for 15 years, said: ''We want people to hear from us, instead of thinking they can speak on our behalf.''</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other events at this week's festival included a historical sex work walking tour of the city, a forum today at Melbourne University on sex work policy and law, a film screening at ACMI and workshops for sex workers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The festival culminates with International Whores' Day on Saturday, a celebration of sex workers' rights, celebrated locally with a Red Umbrella Rally on the steps of Parliament House.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">''There's a lot of stigma around that word,'' said Tabitha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit;">''We're trying to reclaim it back for ourselves.''</span></div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-30522647548326801692012-06-08T17:25:00.000-07:002012-06-08T17:25:25.534-07:00Festival of Sex Work on the Naughty Rude Show!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We chat to Christian, Nada and Leni from the inaugural Festival of Sex Work. We discuss the events of the festival, why it's important for sex workers to tell their own stories, and why sex workers are called sex workers in the first place. </span></div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-4392402566015717792012-06-08T17:21:00.004-07:002012-06-08T17:21:52.539-07:00Christian Vega on 3CR's 'Done By Law'<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Podcast of an interview with Christian Vega on 3CR's 'Done By Law' program on Monday night about the festival, sex work and the law.</span><br />
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Last week venues around Melbourne hosted talks, public forums and screenings for the city’s first<a href="http://festivalofsexwork.blogspot.com.au/" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #cc3333; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Festival of Sex Work</a>. Sex worker and advocate Christian Vega from VIXEN (Victorian Sex Industry Network) joins Done By Law to talk about how current laws and policies affect the rights of sex workers in Victoria.</div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-75001709033158203262012-06-08T17:18:00.002-07:002012-06-08T17:18:53.488-07:00Rachel Wotton Interviewed on RRR<br />
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Rachel Wotton is a sex worker from Sydney who specializes in providing services for people with disability. She's also the subject of <i>Scarlet Road</i>, a film that follows her as she smashes the stereotypes surrounding her line of work. Wotton talks to Radiotherapy about being an advocate for inclusion and fighting the stigma surrounding her profession by pointing out that there's more parallels between sex work and accountancy than you think.</div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244619432398749603.post-14054552885564152922012-05-20T22:00:00.000-07:002012-05-21T21:32:46.672-07:00Calendar of Festival Events<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 5.25pt;">
<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a calendar of the Melbourne Festival of Sex Work events that are open to the public. <br /><br />Click on the event to find more information. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Date</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Sex Worker Only </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Events</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Public<br />Events</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 50.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background: #632423; border-bottom: #d4d0c8 1pt inset; border-left: #d4d0c8 1pt inset; border-right: #d4d0c8 1pt inset; border-top: #d4d0c8 1pt inset; height: 50.9pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 107.35pt;" width="143"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Saturday, 26<sup>th</sup> of May</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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</td><td colspan="2" style="background: #dfa7a6; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: #c0504d 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; height: 50.9pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #F2DBDB 2.25pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-themetint: 51; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 196.6pt;" width="262"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="http://festivalofsexwork.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/sex-worker-art-exhibit.html"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">Festival Launch & <br />Art Exhibition Opening</span></a></span><span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 50.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: #632423; border-bottom: #d4d0c8 1pt inset; border-left: #d4d0c8 1pt inset; border-right: #d4d0c8 1pt inset; border-top: #d4d0c8 1pt inset; height: 50.9pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 107.35pt;" width="143"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Sunday,<br />27<sup>th</sup> of May</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="http://festivalofsexwork.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/sex-work-in-melbourne-historical.html"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">Sex Work In Melbourne:A Historical Walking Tour</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Exhibit Closed</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Monday,<br />28<sup>th</sup> of May</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
</td><td style="background: #b2a1c7; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: #f2dbdb 2.25pt solid; border-top: medium none; height: 50.9pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themetint: 51; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; width: 158.15pt;" width="211"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #943634; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="http://festivalofsexwork.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/workshops.html"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Workshops</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Sex Work & Self Care </span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #943634;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Stripper School 101</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Skill Share</span></div>
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<span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="http://festivalofsexwork.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/sex-workers-digital-story-telling.html"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">Sex Worker Digital Story Telling Screening</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e5dfec; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themetint: 51;"><a href="http://festivalofsexwork.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/sex-worker-art-exhibit.html"><span style="color: #e5dfec; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themetint: 51;">Art</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e5dfec; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themetint: 51;"><span style="color: #e5dfec; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themetint: 51;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><br /> <u>Exhibition <br /><br />Open</u></span></span><span style="color: #e5dfec; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themetint: 51;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Tuesday, 29<sup>th</sup> of May</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
</td><td style="background: #e5dfec; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: #f2dbdb 2.25pt solid; border-top: medium none; height: 50.9pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themetint: 51; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; width: 158.15pt;" width="211"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #943634; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="http://festivalofsexwork.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/workshops.html"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Workshops</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Sex Worker Art Practice</span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Writing Workshop</span></div>
</td><td style="background: #f8eded; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: white 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; height: 50.9pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #F2DBDB 2.25pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-themetint: 51; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 131.5pt;" width="175"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="http://www.festivalofsexwork.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/public-forum-ask-sex-worker-question.html"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">Ask A Sex Worker A Question: A Public Forum</span></a></span><span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Wednesday,<br />30<sup>th</sup> of May</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
</td><td style="background: #b2a1c7; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: #f2dbdb 2.25pt solid; border-top: medium none; height: 50.9pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themetint: 51; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; width: 158.15pt;" width="211"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Sex Worker</span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> Performance Night</span></div>
</td><td style="background: #dfa7a6; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: white 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; height: 50.9pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #F2DBDB 2.25pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-left-themetint: 51; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 131.5pt;" width="175"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="http://festivalofsexwork.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/sex-work-policy-law-public-forum.html"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">Sex Work Policy & Law:A Public Forum</span></a></span><span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 50.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background: #632423; border-bottom: #d4d0c8 1pt inset; border-left: #d4d0c8 1pt inset; border-right: #d4d0c8 1pt inset; border-top: #d4d0c8 1pt inset; height: 50.9pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 107.35pt;" width="143"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Thursday,<br />31<sup>st</sup> of May</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
</td><td style="background: #e5dfec; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: #f2dbdb 2.25pt solid; border-top: medium none; height: 50.9pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent2; mso-border-right-themetint: 51; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; width: 158.15pt;" width="211"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #943634; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="http://festivalofsexwork.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/workshops.html"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Workshops</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Intro to Sex Work Orgs<br />Sex Work Advocacy</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">What's next Victoria?</span></div>
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