Membership Form

Being a member entitles you to voting rights at the Annual General Meeting where we elect our management committee. You can also nominate yourself to sit on this committee. The AGM is usually held in October of each year. Dates, details, renewal form and voting form will be forwarded via email prior. Membership also entitles you to become involved as a volunteer at any of our offices, and you get a 10% discount on safer sex supplies. Members are also consulted when we review our programs and in our strategic planning.

Respect Inc Membership Application Form

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Phone

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First Name*

Your information is kept confidential within the Respect Inc Management Committee and staff. Please only provide details that are safe for us to contact you on using the name you have given us. We recommend that you use a ‘working’ first and last name, as names on the membership list can be accessed by other members of Respect Inc.

Last Name*

You are welcome to use a location as your last name, like "Sunny Coast" or "BNE." This is helpful because we have so many members. We will use this contact information to keep you up to date about meetings, social events and to send you important information (ugly mugs, law changes etc), so PLEASE let us know if your contact details change. Your membership will be valid until cancellation by yourself or Respect Inc.

Email address*

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Phone number (Optional)

Are you, or have you been, a sex worker in Queensland?*

Yes

No

Are you an owner/receptionist/manager/driver of a sex industry business?*

Yes

No

Do you identify as: (Optional)

Male

Transgender

Aboriginal

Torres Strait Islander

Asian

Would you like to join our private Facebook group and/or members email list? Emails include Ugly Mugs, events and other relevant info.

Facebook Group

Email Group

We use Mailchimp as our email list platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that the information you provide will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing and will be stored on servers located outside Australia, in accordance with Mailchimp’s privacy policy and terms and conditions. Mailchimp’s privacy policy and terms and conditions can be found on the Mailchimp website.

Facebook ID:

If you wish to access your personal information retained by Respect Inc, or you have queries in relation to the way we handle your personal information, please contact us.

Signature*

By signing this form you acknowledge that you support the objectives of Respect Inc (listed below). Respect Inc holds Public Liability Insurance in the sum of $10,000,000.

Date*

Nominated By:

New members need to be nominated by an existing member and ratified at the next Management Committee meeting.

Nominator contact details if known:

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Objectives

1.  To provide a range of education, information and resources that will support sex workers and increase their awareness of occupational health, safety, emotional wellbeing, legal and taxation rights and responsibilities, in a non judgmental and non-invasive environment.
2. To provide health promotion programs to sex workers
3. To operate within a context of accountability, equity and transparency.
4. To recognise that by providing education, information and support to sex workers, sex workers will be effectively resourced as safer sex educators to pass on those educational benefits to the larger general population.
5. To operate within an affirmative action approach, that is, with all direct services by peers (sex workers past or present) within all levels of the organisation, including management, staff and volunteers, and to foster a culture of inclusiveness and mutual respect within the diverse community of sex workers.
6. To lobby government to provide sex workers with avenues to work within any area of the Queensland sex work trade/industry as they choose (e.g., escort, in-house, agency, private/sole operator, co-operatives and/or street) without fear of arrest or prosecution for criminal offences related to sex work business activities.
7. To provide a legitimate voice for Queensland sex workers advocating for decriminalisation and other policies to support sex workers’ human, civil and workplace rights and access to remedies without discrimination, including programs and initiatives that aim to reduce discrimination and stigma against sex workers, past and present.
8. To support and liaise with national, state and regional sex worker rights groups in the development of networks, programs and objectives.
9. To build and foster constructive relationships with all stakeholders for the benefit of sex workers.
10. To support the recognition of the sovereignty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the traditional custodians with ongoing connection to the land we live and work upon, never ceded.