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[xbiz] Lotus Lain Offers Impassioned Speech at MOCA Commemoration of IWD

Xbiz Editors | June 9, 2022

Free Speech Coalition’s Lotus Lain offered a speech advocating for sex worker rights last week at an event organized by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and Kink Out, in collaboration with FSC and Strippers United.

[uproxx] International Dominatrix Eva Oh Shares Her Kink (And Non-Kink) Travel Guide

Dane Rivera | July 15, 2021

The Kink Out crew is made up of some of the leading elders and activists of BDSM and sex work culture. They have held a massive event at MoMA PS1, rallied for sex worker rights, and host so much more that brings together kink, art, activism, and hedonism.

[Bedford + Bowery] Sex Workers Tip-Toe Back to Business, With Renewed Focus On Fighting Oppression

Zijia Song | June 2, 2020

As thousands protest in the streets against the police killing of George Floyd, sex workers in New York rose in solidarity during a livestream to mark International Whores’ Day.

[Sex Tech Magazine] Key Takeaways from International Whore's Day

Wednesday Lee Friday | June 9 2020

This year’s IWD festivities featured a digital conference organized by Kink Out, whose mission is to bring together intersecting communities for collaboration, discussion, art, and kink events.

[Slixa] International Whores Day (IWD): 45 Years After Lyon

Kate D’Adamo | June 2 2020

In a moment marked by a failure of safety nets, social unrest, and public reactions to pervasive and escalating state violence, June 2 will mark International Whores Day(IWD), which began when sex workers took a stand against police violence to demand better.

[A Woman's Thing] Sex Worker Mutual Aid Combats Persistent Exclusion of Migrant Massage Workers

Yin Q | June 1, 2020

Sex worker mutual aid efforts are some of the only resources that sex workers, and immigrant sex workers especially, have been able to turn to during these difficult times.

[Peepshow] Episode 54: Allie Eve Knox and Kiara Skye on Tech, Sex Work, and Payment Processing in the Adult Industry

Peepshow Podcast | June 1, 2020

For the news segment of Peepshow Podcast, Jessie and PJ Sage discuss IWD NYC Digital Rally and the power of storytelling

[AVN] Sex Workers to Hold Digital Rally for International Whores Day

Robert Neuwave | May 12, 2020

On June 2 from 12pm-2pm ET, NYC-based sex worker rights activists are staging an online rally and social media takeover.

[Free Speech Coalition] - Sex Workers to Hold Digital Rally for International Whores Day

FSC News Clips | May 13, 2020

On June 2 from 12pm-2pm ET, NYC-based sex worker rights activists are staging an online rally and social media takeover.

[PAPER Magazine] How Red Canary Song Is Advocating for Migrant Sex Workers

Sandra Song | October 30, 2019

After all, "It was really important to me to make sure to uplift everyone in this movement of decriminalization, because it's really scary if the fringes get left out," as Quan explains before concluding, "If some voices don't get heard or protected, they'll still be lost, exploited, and victimized."

[Huff Post] Yin Q Believes That Kink Can Help Heal Trauma

2018
Yin Q. confronted their childhood trauma through kink and BDSM. Now Q. helps others heal from their past experiences as well. Without pathologizing trauma, Q. believes that for many, kink can be a healing experience, regardless of identity.

[Tattoodo] KINK OUT: A Fetish Fundraiser For Sex Workers' Rights

Justine Morrow | November 3, 2018

This Sunday, KINK OUT commences in a celebration of community that helps raise emergency funds for sex workers in crisis.