SWANK Overdose Prevention and Response Training
SWANK Overdose Prevention and Response Training Wednesday, May 12 @ 7pm – 9pm Location upon RSVP This event is open to SWOP-NYC and SWANK members only. RSVP to sarahjenny@gmail.com by May 7th. Cover: FREE Facilitated by Stephen Crowe, Harm Reduction Coordinator, FROST’D Heroin (and other opioid) overdoses are a common cause of death among users, yet these deaths are often preventable through education, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and when possible, through the administration of Naloxone (Narcan). In this workshop, participants will start by learning the essentials of preventing opioid overdose deaths including... Read The Rest →
Call For Performers: Sex Worker Cabaret on June 6th!
Hi there, Celebrate Sex Worker Pride this June at the Sex Worker Cabaret on June 6th at the Slipper Room! We are looking for cabaret acts for an early evening (7pm-10pm) of burlesque, performance art, readings, comedy, and musical acts. Diversity encouraged! All genders, bodies, ages, and talents welcome to apply. Please submit a short proposal about the type of act or number you’d be interested in doing. If we don’t know one another, please send a link to your website, facebook, etc or a photo. We are currently looking... Read The Rest →
Sex Work Issues and the State Legislative Process
Sex Work Issues and the State Legislative Process Tuesday , February 23rd, 6:00pm-8:30pm Large Conference Room, Urban Justice Center 123 William St., 16th Fl New York, NY 10038 Ask most people about government and they tend to talk about their federal representatives, the White House, or maybe the Mayor. But the state government may have the most significant impacts on our daily lives, particularly in the realm of criminal justice. This two hour seminar is presented via a partnership of Sex Work Awareness and the Urban Justice Center’s Sex Workers... Read The Rest →
Sex Workers Rights are Human Rights!
Join us for a Speak-Out & Arts Evening! Celebrating International Human Rights Day December 10th Featuring: Performance Artist, Ignacio Rivera Performance Artist, Damien Luxe Guitarist, K. Stone Political Artwork by Empower Thailand Andrea Ritchie, M.C. for the night And more! Where: NYU, 19 University Place, in the Great Room What time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm What day: Thurs., Dec. 10th Sponsored by: Sex Workers Action Network (SWANK) Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP-NYC) MADRE $pread Magazine Best Practices Policy Project (BPPP) Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) WITNESS Share → Tweet
International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers 2009
December 17 th is Internation al Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers Join us in honoring the lives of sex workers and celebrating our communities with a candlelit vigil. Come add your voice to the call to end violence against sex workers at our community speak-out. Speakers will include community organizers, peer educators, advocates, artists. . . and YOU? Where: Metropolitan Community Church 446 West 36th Street, Manhattan When: Thursday December 17th, 8:00pm – 10:00pm Metrocards available. Please wear red! For more information, please contact swank@riseup.net or 212.714.1184 x50 Sponsored by: Sex... Read The Rest →
Queen With Benefits
Hey Queen Presents: QUEEN WITH BENEFITS!!!! a benefit for Queers for Economic Justice (QEJ) www.q4ej.org QUEEN OF HONOR: KENYON FARROW!!! QEJ’s INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR and BIRTHDAY BOY!!! DJ MARIMACHA DJ SIRLINDA DJ BRYAN BLACK Special Performance by TACTICAL SPECTACLE!!! (Formerly known as Team Awesome, Tactical Spectacle is the dance troupe extraordinaire of the Rude Mechanical Orchestra) HOSTS: Kitty LaKitty Amy Agony Sarah Jenny and Scout $10-$5 sliding scale (no one turned away for lack of funds) Cheap drinks $1 Shots all night long SUGARLAND 221 N. 9th St (between Driggs... Read The Rest →
Join Me For a Bingo Fundraiser Supporting the Anti-Violence Project!!
Hi all! I am a “Celebrity Guest” at Will Clark’s Porno Bingo later this month benefiting the New York City Anti-Volence Project, an awesome organization dedicated to eliminating hate violence, sexual assault, stalking, and domestic violence in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected communities through counseling, advocacy, organizing, and public education. JOIN US!! WHEN: Wednesday, November 18th from 8pm – 10pm WHERE: Pieces Bar – 8 Christopher Street, New York, NY Will Clark’s Bingo Benefit is a weekly fundraiser to help raise money for local LGBTQ organizations. On Wednesday,... Read The Rest →
Miss Lez Pageant and Hey Queen!
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The Trans Community and Law Enforcement
he Trans Community and Law Enforcement” provides an opportunity for legal and law enforcement professionals and the Transgender/LGB community to address concerns that arise for T/LGB people during interactions with law enforcement and to explore ways that police and prosecutors can better address the needs of the T/LGB community. There will be an opportunity for the public to address the panelists. This event is free and open to the public.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: New York Sex Work(er) Film & Video Fest
New York Sex Work(er) Film & Video Fest is a one day Film and Video art festival screening recent works including shorts, documentaries, and experimental works by and about sex workers. A panel discussion on sex work and the law, media, and art as well as an after party will follow. When/Where October 24, 2009 (Time TBA) UnionDocs: 322 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211, [http://www.uniondocs.org/]. Submission Cost FREE All proceeds from this event go to support community activist work. Submit Your Film/Video Please send a link to your work for... Read The Rest →