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👥 #ScarletAlliance
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👥 #SIN
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scarletalliance.bsky.social Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association @scarletalliance.bsky.social · Jul 25
In Australia, World Hepatitis Day is coordinated by Hepatitis Australia to raise awareness and promote action on viral hepatitis. Have a look at the World Hepatitis Day Factsheet by Hepatitis Australia via our Linktree or worldhepatitisday.org.au
July 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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🗓️ #December2025 #Events 🧵
🇦🇺 #Australia (QLD) 👥 #RespectInc 👠 #SexWork 🏷️ #D17 #IDEVASW

«Lunch, Lantern Making, Memorial Board and Collective Action»
🗓️ Wed. 17 🕛 12:00–14:00 AEST
📍 1/76 Wickhan Street, Brisbane
📍 1/3 Davenport Street, Southport
📍 7/24 Florence Street, Cairns
📧 info@respectqld.org.au
«International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers» Wednesday 17th December 12pm - 2pm Lunch, Lantern Making, Memorial Board and Collective Action RSVP to info@respectqld.org.au Please include any dietary requirements.
December 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Thank you. ❤️The debate climate in that particular discussion is horrible. I have stepped out the last few months and even more now as my cancer have returned. Some people have trouble respectinc that but most people do, luckily. Otherwise I need to speak in loud letters again 😂
August 30, 2023 at 1:42 PM
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Cute. 💗

And well, it's not wrong~ ^^

Original post by 👥 #RespectInc:
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[Re-upload due to a wrong link. ^^;]
«How to get over stage fright at the club» — Stripper LookBook • Dress in a way that makes you feel powerful. • Do a warm-up round during slow hours to get comfy before it gets packed. • Pick music that makes you feel comfortable and want to turn up. • Watch the money, not the customers. • Pretend everyone in the room is drunk. • Begin with light floor work or sensual posing to ease into the vibe.
August 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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🗓️ #December2025 #Events 🧵
🇦🇺 #Australia (QLD) 👥 #RespectInc 👠 #SexWork 🏷️ #D17 #IDEVASW

«Red Lantern Making» — drop by Respect Inc's offices and make a red lantern.
🗓️ Anytime (in which they're open), until Wednesday 17th
📍 1/76 Wickhan Street, Brisbane
📍 1/3 Davenport Street, Southport
⚠️ SWer-only!
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers «Red Lantern Making» Sex workers are invited to drop-in and make a lantern at our Brisbase or Gold Coast offices between now and 17 December. [logo: Respect Inc] Join us in recognising the lves of Yuqi Luo, Hyun Sook Jeon and Yuko, valued members of our community. Courts continue to under-value our lives and experiences but together we can show that all sex worker lives are important to us. [logo: Respect Inc] International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers Lanterns will be displayed here on 17 December and then sent to Rising Red Lantern for display at the Melbourne court when Yuko's case is heard. [logo: Respect Inc]
December 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Wrap up of the Feminist Inquiry into Violence against Sex Workers in Australia and Thailand, July 21–22.

#sexwork #australia #thailand #cevaw #scarletalliance #apnsw #empowerfoundation #swingfoundation #respectinc #sinsa #swopnsw #swopnt #vixen #msiaustralia #urgentactionfund #thammasatuniversity
«Sex Worker Safety is a Human Rights Issue» A wrap up of the Feminist Inquiry into Violence against Sex Workers in Australia and Thailand. [logo: CEVAW.] [logo: Scarlet Alliance.] ‣ On Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 July, sex worker organisations from Australia and Thailand gave testimonies to an expert panels at the Feminist Inquiry into Violence against Sex Workers, organised by ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW). The Inquiry was organised by CEVAW Research Fello Dr. Debolina Dutta in consultation and collboration with Scarlet Alliance, Empower Foundation, and the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers, co-sponsored by Urgent Action Fund and Women's Fund Asia, and supported by MSI Australia. Sex worker advocates from Scarlet Alliance, Vixen, Respect Inc., SWOP NSW, SWOP NT, SIN, Empower (Thailand) and Swing (Thailand) gave testimonies discussing how sex workers experience violence, how different areas of law intersect with sex workers' lives, and what are priorities for legal reform. ‣ Violence is not a part of our work. For decades, sex workers have been clear that violence against our communities is not inevitable, but is produced by stigma, discrimination, criminalisation, and the denial of our human rights. The Inquiry reinforced what our peer organisation have long known. When sex workers are listened to and our rights are protected, we are safer. Violence doesn't exist because sex work exists. It exists because systems marginalise sex workers. Governments must move beyond acknowledging violence and address the conditions that enable it. That means ending laws and policies that increase harm, investing in peer-led organisations, tackling stigma, and ensuring sex workers can report violence, seek justice and access services without discrimination. "Research has shown us that post-decrim, sex workers across Victoria continue to prioritize our sexual health, and of course, our bodies are our business, why wouldn't we? We're maintaining consistently very high condom use, and overall very high continued sexual health testing rates, We've seen that very little has changed to our sexual health practices as Victorian sex workers without the threat of coercion." — Vixen. "The crime of prostitution is like a tool used to discriminate against us. To devalue us, to blame us first. Our pain is worthless because we became prostitutes." — Empower. "Thai law does not merely fail to protect my work. It defines my workplace as a crime scene." — Swing. "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sex workers are not longer fearful of criminalisation for undertaking sex work. However, workers have reported that interactions with NT police are more frequent. Occurrences of incarceration are also more frequent. Racism is more frequent, and so is the fear of police…" — SWOP NT. "Criminalisation is a direct barrier to sex workers accessing quality healthcare and undermines our protective measures." — SIN South Australia. "Decriminaisation of sex work on its own is necessary, but not sufficient. What made it real for sex workers in Queensland was the ongoing funded, peer-led infrastructure that assisted sex workers to access and exercise their new rights." — Respect Inc. "Decriminalisation is not the endpoint of reform, and should be just the foundation for broadening workplace protections, providing education to regulators who interact with the industry, introducing anti-discrimination laws, and reducing broader cultural manifestations of stigma and discrimination." — SWOP NSW. ‣ Where to from here? The panel will prepare a report and the findings from the Inquiry will inform the upcoming Victorian legislative review of sex work decriminalisation and support sex worker-led mobilisation for decriminalisation in Thailand. ‣ The panel: Marcia Neave (Inquiry Chair). A law reformer, public policy maker, a former judge, and academic. Fiona Patten. A former sex worker, sex worker rights advocate and an Australian politician. Pranom ‘Bee’ Somwong. A Thai feminist lawyer and woman human rights defender. Christine Robinson. A Bundjalung woman and CEO of Wirringa Baiya. Heather Douglas. Professor at the Melbourne Law School and a Chief Investigator at CEVAW. ‣ Acknowledgements. The Feminist Inquiry into Violence against Sex Workers in Australia and Thailand was organised by CEVAW in collaboration with Scarlet Alliance (Australia), Empower Foundation, and the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (Thailand), with support from partner organisation Thammasat University. The Inquiry was co-sponsored by Urgent Action Fund (Asia and Pacific) and Women's Fund Asia, with special thanks to MSI Australia for their support. [logos: CEVAW, Scarlet Alliance, Empower Foundation, Thammasat University, APNSW, MSI Australia.]
July 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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#RespectInc #SexWork #ISWD #ISWD2026 #Australia (QLD)
☂️ International Whores Day - 2nd June ☂️ It started with a protest... In 1975, over 100 sex workers and allies began an 8-day occupation at the Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon, France. The demonstration was in response to fines, stigma and police harassment; including the imprisonment of ten sex workers just days prior. The action was widely reported on and, despite the protestors eventual removal by police, made a profound impact. June 2nd has since become recognised as the beginning of the modern sex worker rights movement. Every year, International Whores Day is celebrated with protests and events across the world. Inspired by this action [2nd June, 1975] and in reclaiming derogatory terms of that period “whore” against women as sex workers, sex workers all over the world started organizing, giving rise to the modern-day sex workers rights movement. "Whore" is a term that sex workers have reclaimed diligently and no longer is the term a slur [when used amongst the community]. International Whores Day for sex workers is a day of pride.
June 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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#ISRWD #ISRWD2026 #Australia #Magenta #Meridian #RespectInc
[logo: Magenta] «Sex worker rights are human rights» Sex Worker Rights Day March 3rd 2026 «International Sex Workers' Rights Day» 3 March. Highlighting the need for decriminalisation, protection from violence and promotion of human rights for sex workers everywhere. [The bottom half consist on Meridian's logo, but instead of a solid color, it shows through (parts of) a photograph of red umbrellas under a lit forest canopy.] [Photo of several red umbrellas under the sky.] «International Sex Workers' Rights Day» 3rd March.
March 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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«Introduction to BDSM» in-person workshop

🗓️ Wednesday 21 #January2026
🕦 11:30–13:30 AEST
🇦🇺 #Australia (QLD) 🏙️ #Brisbane
📍 #RespectInc (Level 1, 76 Wickham St.)
✍️📧 RSVP: info@respectqld.org.au
⚠️ SWer only!

#Event #SexWork #BDSM #Workshop
«Introduction to BDSM» In-person sex worker-only workshop. Wednesday 21/01/2026 11:30 - 1:30pm RSVP: info@respectqld.org.au
January 14, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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«Red Umbrella Playgroup» For sex worker parents and their little ones

🗓️ Tuesday 20 #January2026
🕚 11:00–13:00 AEST
🇦🇺 #Australia (QLD) 🏙️ #Brisbane
📍 #RespectInc (Level 1, 76 Wickham St.)

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#Event
«Red Umbrella Playgroup» For sex worker parents and their little ones. Third Tuesday of the month — 11am until 1pm. Starts 20th January, 2026.
January 14, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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🇦🇺 #Australia (QLD) 📰 #News 🗓️ #November2025

👥 #RespectInc reopens their office in Gimuy/Cairns today (Wednesday 26th)! ❤️

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«Grand 📢 Re-Opening» Gimuy (Cains) Office November 26 Midday
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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🇦🇺 #Australia (QLD) #Events 🗓️ #November2025

«Annual General Meeting»
👥 #RespectInc
🗓️ Wednesday 12th
🕐 13:00 AEST
📍 1/76 Wickham St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
📍 1/3 Davenport St, Southport, Gold Coast
📍 7/24 Florence St, Cairns
📍 N/A (online, GMeet)
⚠️ Members-only!

RSVP:
📧 info@respectqld.org.au
You're Invited to our Annual General Meeting 2025
Respect Inc members are invited to attend our Annual General Meeting DATE: Wednesday 12th November 2025 TIME: 1PM Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is for all members of Respect Inc to attend. The mee...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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🇦🇺 #Australia (QLD) 📰 #News 🗓️ #September2025
Just a couple of pretty notes from 👥 #RespectInc. ❤️
[Twitter/X posy by Respect Inc QLD (@respectqld) on Sep 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM UTC] Queer S*x W*rker Panel in the Adult tent on Saturday at Pride Fair Day 🌈 [A couple of photos from the event.] [🐦🛡️ https://xcancel.com/respectqld/status/1970699723347763218 ] [🐦🕸️ https://x.com/respectqld/status/1970699723347763218 ] [Twitter/X post by Respect Inc QLD (@respectqld) on Sep 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM UTC] Last Friday the Queensland LGBTQIA+ Alliance hosted the inaugural Phil Carswell Forum. Phil was a great supporter of decriminalisation of sex work and we were honoured to be invited to speak on the Community Cohesion panel. The Queensland Government announced the inaugural Carswell Forum will be an annual event, elevating LGBTQIA+ voices across the state. https://qnews.com.au/new-forum-honours-the-late-phil-carswell-empowers-communities/ [A photograph of the event] [🐦🛡️ https://xcancel.com/respectqld/status/1971058337103085935 ] [🐦🕸️ https://x.com/respectqld/status/1971058337103085935 ]
October 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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🇦🇺 #Australia (QLD) 👥 #RespectInc
🗓️ #September2025 👠🎉 #SexWorkerPrideDay 🧵 thread.

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[A photograph of a manifestation from above; most people are carrying red umbrellas. Overlaid, the following text:] Sex Worker Pride Day 14th September
September 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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🧵(2/3) #JobApplications 🗓️ #September2025

🇪🇸👠🏳️‍⚧️ «Mediadora con TS trans»
👥 #ONGStop
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🇦🇺👠 «Peer Educator in Cairns»
👥 #RespectInc
🗓️ Tu 23rd
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🌍 «Programme Mannager: Resourcing Movements»
👥 #AWDF
🗓️ We 24th
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Nombre organización: Stop Sida Puesto convocado: Mediadora Localización: España/Cataluña/Barcelona ÁMBITO DE TRABAJO: Stop Sida es una asociación sin ánimo de lucro que desde el año 1986 se dedica a la promoción de la salud sexual desde y para la comunidad LGTB+ y de mujeres trans y hombres que ejercen el trabajo sexual. Así mismo, colaboramos con otras entidades a nivel local, autonómico, estatal e internacional. Más información en la web www.stopsida.org RESPONSABILIDADES: ⁃ Captación de nuevas usuarias al proyecto: ⁃ Visitas a pisos de trabajo sexual, zona del Camp Nou. ⁃ Intervenciones online en páginas y aplicaciones de contactos: contestar consultas, proporcionar información. ⁃ Vinculación de nuevas usuarias al proyecto y fidelización de las que llevan más tiempo, a través de: ⁃ Responder consultas, proporcionar información. ⁃ Organizar encuentros semanales de chicas trans trabajadoras sexuales: talleres, charlas, actividades de ocio… ⁃ Identificar necesidades del grupo de chicas trans trabajadoras sexuales, coordinación con el equipo técnico de Stop y voluntariado para dar respuesta a esas necesidades. Derivación a otros servicios de la entidad. REQUISITOS: ⁃ Como el proyecto se basa en el trabajo "entre pares" buscamos que la persona candidata sea una mujer trans, trabajadora sexual. ⁃ Castellano y se valorarán otros idiomas. ⁃ Manejo de Microsoft Word, Excel y aplicaciones. ⁃ Don de gente, capacidad de comunicación, asertividad y capacidad de escucha. ⁃ Capacidad para trabajar en equipo y de forma autónoma. ⁃ Humildad, honestidad y responsabilidad. OFRECEMOS: • Contratación inicial de 6 meses, con posibilidad de pasar a contrato indefinido. • 10 horas semanales, preferentemente a ocupar las franjas de 16:00 a 18:00 de martes a jueves • Incorporación: octubre del 2025 • Salario: 374.78 euros brutos mensuales. Plazo límite de inscripción: Enviar CV y carta de presentación antes del 22 de septiembre del 2025 correo electrónico raquel@stopsida.org Join Our Team! We are looking for a Cairns peer educator 🟥 Gimuy (Cairns) 🟥 Past or current sex worker 🟥 Part Time, 10hr/week Applications close: 5pm Sunday 7th September [logo: Respect Inc] Submit your application: jobs@respectqld.org.au [logo: AWDF] We are Hiring! 📢 Programme Manager, Resourcing Movements We are seeking a visionary grant making strategist who brings both deep political clarity and practical experience in responsive, flexible and agile grant making. ↩️ 🕘 Deadline 24 September, 2025
September 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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🧵(1/3) Gathering a few #JobApplications.
Mainly because *this* couple end very soon. :3
🗓️ #September2025

🇦🇺👠 «Resources Developer in Brisbane»
👥 #RespectInc
🗓️ Su 14
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🇪🇸 «Formación e innovación de proyectos»
👥 #GeneraAssociació
🗓️ L 15
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We are hiring Position: Resources Developer ✅ Brisbane (Meanjin) ✅ Part Time (22.5h/week) ✅ Current or past sex worker Applications close Sunday 14 September 2025 Email applications to jobs@respectqld.org.au If you have questions or require more information, please email: sc@respectqld.our.au [logo: Respect Inc] 📢 Busquem Personal! Per a suport tècnic i polìtic a les àrees de formació i disseny de projectes i polítiques socials, innovació i recerca [logo: Genera] (Per a més informació, consuta [ https://bsky.app/profile/dz-yenn.bsky.social/post/3lyfnzr56ak2y ])
September 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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🇦🇺 #Australia (QLD) #JobApplications
👥 #RespectInc
⚠️ SW-only!

«Part-time Peer Educator in Gimuy»
🗓️ Limit: Tuesday 23 #September2025

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📧 Applications to: jobs@respectqld.org.au
📧ℹ️️ info@respectqld.org.au

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Join Our Team! We are looking for a Cairns peer educator 🟥 Gimuy (Cairns) 🟥 Past or current sex worker 🟥 Part Time, 10hr/week Applications close: 5pm Sunday 7th September [logo: Respect Inc] Submit your application: jobs@respectqld.org.au
September 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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🇦🇺 #Australia (QLD) #JobApplications
👥 #RespectInc
⚠️ SW-only!

«Part-time Resources Developer in Brisbane»
🗓️ Limit: Sunday 14 #September2025

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📧 Applications to: jobs@respectqld.org.au
📧ℹ️️ sc@respectqld.org.au

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We are hiring Position: Resources Developer ✅ Brisbane (Meanjin) ✅ Part Time (22.5h/week) ✅ Current or past sex worker Applications close Sunday 14 September 2025 Email applications to jobs@respectqld.org.au If you have questions or require more information, please email: sc@respectqld.our.au [logo: Respect Inc]
September 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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🇦🇺 #Australia (Queensland)
👥 #RespectInc is providing sex-worker-only 🆓 free or nearly-free 🏥 #Health services and ⚖️ #Legal support. ❤️

Health clinic:
📧 crimsonplus@respectqld.org.au

Legal clinic:
📧 crimsonlegal@respectqld.org.au
🌐 Intake Form (the QR): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Crimson⁺ Sex-worker only General Health Clinic [at] Caboolture Weekly on Thursdays, 3:30pm - 7:30pm The front desk is run by Respect Inc staff, and doctors and nurses have completed sex worker sensitivity training be Respect Inc. Email for bookings: crimsonplus@respectqld.org.au Free Legal Advice → for sex workers in Queensland [Australia] TUESDAY NIGHTS [Respect Inc logo] CRIMSON Legal clinic for sex workers Appointments available wherever you are in Queensland via phone, online meeting or in-person at our Fortitude Valley office. Book via the QR code > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKCEU5xgy7N_FW92HmS9pjfBH6vDTbK8DQYxsT15B2bWWh-A/viewform Have questions? Contacts us on: crimsonlegal@respectqld.org.au [Several messages pinned to a cork board. The messages:] • Free Legal Advice • Crimson — Legal Clinic for Sex Workers • Providing sex workers in QLD access to a lawyer and legal advice. Peer Support is also provided to guide you through the process. • TUESDAY NIGHTS — Appointments from anywhere in Queensland via phone, online meeting or in-person at our Fortitude Valley office. • Book via the QR code [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKCEU5xgy7N_FW92HmS9pjfBH6vDTbK8DQYxsT15B2bWWh-A/viewform] — Contact us at: crimsonlegal@respectqld.org.au • [Respect Inc logo]
July 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM