We are a group of sex workers in Melbourne who have decided to put
together a festival celebrating sex workers, sex work, and sex work culture. We
are 100% comprised of sex workers past and present, and we hold a diverse range
of ideas and experiences. We carry out our activities using a consensus model
of decision-making.
Our peers may be aware that we have previously put out a call-out for
contributions for our festival, and we acknowledge that we may have been a bit
hasty in doing so. Problems with venue hire has meant that we have been unclear
which of our events would be restricted to peer only, and which events would be
more public. We apologise for our lack of clarity with you and will make sure
that we will contact everyone who has offered contributions to make sure they
are fully aware of the peer or non-peer status of each event.
We are not seeking to recreate a Scarlet conference, or a sex worker
university – this is a completely unique event that reflects the passions and enthusiasms
of those involved. As such we ask for your support and patience. If you give us
space to grow, we will continue to build positively on our endeavours and learn
from our mistakes.
We are really excited about the festival, and we hope you share that
excitement! We will release further information as soon as we can. We welcome
your critique and suggestions, and can be contacted at: whoreganisers@festivalofsexwork.com
We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at the festival!
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