1. Because this is the first time in more than 20 years that the U.S. has hosted the event. The IAC will take place in Washington, DC from July 22 to 27. The conference will feature both formal meetings and presentations (with a registration fee) and a Global Village with cultural and activist events (free… Continue reading Five Reasons Sex Workers in the US Should Care About the International AIDS Conference
Author: Audacia Ray
Audacia Ray is the founder and director of the Red Umbrella Project, where she works to amplify the voices of people involved in the sex industry through media and advocacy trainings. She hosts the monthly storytelling series the Red Umbrella Diaries in NYC, and is always looking for people interested in telling their story at the event. If you're too far away for that, check out the free podcast. Audacia is a former sex worker, and was an editor at $pread magazine from 2005 to 2008.
Report From 2011’s Sex Worker Open University
I’ve been a sex worker rights activist for going on a decade now, and I’ve lived in New York all that time. My focus in the early years was very local, meaning that I was concerned with what was happening in my own life and the lives of the people I worked with and cared… Continue reading Report From 2011’s Sex Worker Open University