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17 December is recognised internationally remembering those sex workers whose lives have been lost to violence.<\/p>\n
In Queensland we have lost friends, co-workers and family members to violence. These deaths are often reported as domestic violence or intimate partner violence. We accept that if it is known the person was a sex worker it would result in stigma & discrimination for their family. As sex workers even in death we, and our families, are not free from stigma.<\/p>\n
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In Queensland we are forced to work alone, not even in the same building as another sex worker, by laws that have no place in a society that recognises safety at work.<\/p>\n
As sex workers our safety networks are each other. Yet if we text each other when a clients arrives & leaves – just to say we are ok – we can be charged.<\/p>\n
Why are there laws in Queensland that isolate us and criminalise our safety?<\/p>\n
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Our safety strategies are criminalised and police target us for arrest.<\/p>\n
We are turned away if we attempt to report crime.<\/p>\n
In the past year more than a dozen sex workers have attempted to report crime only to be told there was no crime because we are sex workers, told it would be too hard to prove or treated so poorly by police that we do not continue with the report.<\/p>\n
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GOLD COAST (Yugambeh<\/b>\u00a0country)<\/strong><\/p>\n We have been building an exhibition and display wall at our Gold Coast office, 4 Bay Street, Southport, for sex workers to come and enjoy. If you have art you would like to display please bring it along! Also there will be craft and materials available for art making on the day. We are starting from 11am, providing food and drinks, and winding up at 3.30. The exhibition will be up much longer!\u00a0<\/p>\n For more information you can call Carly on the Gold Coast on 0401969223<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.18.4″ src=”https:\/\/respectqld.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Posters\/Promotions\/Dec-17.jpg” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.4″]<\/p>\n BRISBANE (Meanjin)<\/strong><\/p>\n We will be holding a community lunch & get together at the Brisbane office at 28 Mein Street, Spring Hill, to remember those who we’ve lost due to violence over the years. Food & drinks will be provided, we will be discussing the fight for safer working conditions, & showing “A Kiss for Gabriela”, about the Brazilian sex worker activist Gabriela Leite. For more info, call the office on 3835 1111.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.18.4″ src=”https:\/\/respectqld.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Posters\/Promotions\/Dec-17-Portrait-promo-3-2.jpeg” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.4″]<\/p>\n TOWNSVILLE (Walgarukaba and Bindal country)<\/strong><\/p>\n What says community more than a picnic?<\/p>\n Townsville weather is lovely at night, you are invited to the park in Jezzine Park, at the tables along Cook St, Northward. Follow the smells of fish and chips to find us! We are having an evening of community reflection and togetherness, children and dogs are also welcome. BYO drinks, we are providing the dinner.<\/p>\n It’s been a year of hardships and loss for many of us, this event brings our community together for healing.<\/p>\n For further information and to organise a lift call Michele on\u00a00416987011<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_video _builder_version=”3.18.4″ src=”https:\/\/respectqld.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Soundclips\/Copy-of-Decrim-QLD-IDEVASW-1080p.mp4″ image_src=”https:\/\/respectqld.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Images\/Photos\/IMG_0165.jpg” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.4″]<\/p>\n For the sex workers this year in Queensland who died, without the ability to call for help and without someone knowing who they were with – victims of perpetrators who know we are unlikely to report crime – we stand up and fight for the repeal of these senseless laws and say<\/strong><\/p>\n Decriminalise sex work for sex worker safety<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A day recognised internationally remembering those sex workers whose lives have been lost to violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" \u00a0<\/p> A day recognised internationally remembering those sex workers whose lives have been lost to violence.<\/p> In Queensland we have lost friends and co-workers to violence. These deaths are often reported as domestic violence or intimate partner violence. We accept that if it is known the person was a sex worker it would result in stigma & discrimination for their family. As sex workers even in death we, and our families, are not free from stigma.<\/p> In Queensland we are forced to work alone, not even in the same building as another sex worker, by laws that have no place in a society that recognises safety at work.<\/p> As sex workers our safety networks are each other. Yet if we text each other when a clients arrives & leaves - just to say we are ok - we can be charged. Why are there laws in Queensland that isolate us and criminalise our safety?<\/p> At the same time as our safety strategies are criminalised and police target us for arrest we are turned away if we attempt to report crime. In the past year a dozen sex workers have attempted to report crime only to be told there was no crime because we are sex workers, told it would be too hard to prove or treated so poorly by police that we do not continue with the report.<\/p> For the sex workers this year in Queensland who died, without the ability to call for help and without someone knowing who they were with - victims of perpetrators who know we are unlikely to report crime - we stand up and fight for the repeal of these senseless laws and say<\/p> Decriminalise sex work for sex worker safety<\/p> \u00a0<\/p> Join us on\u00a0Monday\u00a0December 17 to commemorate International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. We will be holding a community lunch and get together at the Brisbane office, to remember those who we've lost due to violence over the years. We will also be talking about how we are fighting back for a better future and safer workplaces, and some recent successes in this area. Food and drinks will be provided and there will be a\u00a0screening of the short film \"A Kiss for Gabriela\", which is about the Brazilian sex worker activist Gabriela Leita who ran for Parliament. This is a sex worker-only event. For more info, call the office on 3835 1111.<\/p> Hope to see you there.NO<\/h2>\n
NO to violence against sex workers<\/h2>\n
NO to laws that isolate us<\/h2>\n
NO to laws that make us work alone<\/h2>\n
NO to laws that criminalise our safety<\/h2>\n
NO to police that won\u2019t take our reports<\/h2>\n
NO to politicians that turn a blind eye to 18 years of harmful laws<\/h2>\n
WE DEMAND THE REPEAL OF LAWS THAT MAKE US UNSAFE<\/h2>\n
17 December is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>
NO<\/h2>
NO to violence against sex workers<\/h2>
NO to laws that isolate us<\/h2>
NO to laws that make us work alone<\/h2>
NO to laws that criminalise our safety<\/h2>
NO to police that won\u2019t take our reports<\/h2>
NO to politicians that turn a blind eye to\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 18 years of harmful laws in Queensland<\/h2>
WE DEMAND THE REPEAL OF LAWS THAT MAKE US UNSAFE<\/h2>
On International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers we mourn the loss of our community members while celebrating their lives as friends, now lost.<\/h1>
Dec 17 Event at the Brisbane Office<\/h1><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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