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Dear Diana Hemingway

on December 31, 2016April 16, 2017 By mgd777

On Tumblr, Altarflame wrote: Diana was an artist and a photographer who always actively encouraged other artists. She was also a transwoman, and an out sex worker. Diana shot herself in Johnathan Dickinson State Park on December 21st 2016.

We Remember: Anonymous Teenage Philadelphia “Hooker”

on December 26, 2016March 21, 2017 By mgd777

"Crying Liberty" copyright: Deborah Gross- Zuchman http://www.deborahzuchman.com

December 17th Is About Those Lost To Murder or Suicide

on December 17, 2016April 16, 2017 By mgd777

We Remember: Those in the House of Heidnik

on December 17, 2016April 16, 2017 By mgd777

Gary Heidnik was executed by lethal injection on July 6, 1999, at State Correctional Institution – Rockview in Centre County, Pennsylvania. His body was later cremated. As of 2016, he is the last person to be executed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

2016 Lives Lost Around the World

on December 17, 2016December 17, 2016 By mgd777

We Remember: Maya Young

on December 11, 2016March 4, 2017 By mgd777

EPGN: Community mourns stabbing victim Maya Young Paige Cooperstein February 25, 2016 Maya Young asked Anthony Harper for the time six years ago while she was walking in the Gayborhood. It was a simple question that spawned a long friendship. “I noticed the birthmark on her cheek and told her it was beautiful,” Harper told PGN through his [...]

Nihil de nobis, sine nobis!

on December 4, 2016March 21, 2017 By mgd777

A graduate student at Temple University, along with being a successful legally blind journalist, documentary producer, and director from the Philly suburbs, David Block talks about his discomfort discussing prostitution, plus D/17 in contemporary Jewish history, and in context to civil and disability rights. Note: This candid essay may not be comfortable for all readers. "Let Down Your Hair" Photo of M. Dante By Blind Filmmaker David Block for Temple University.

2023 Community Support Line

2022 Jayne Swift Article:

Research shows that sex workers are particularly vulnerable to physical and sexual violence at work. Globally, sex workers have a 45- 75% chance of experiencing sexual violence on the job. Individual studies of sex work in the US confirm high rates of violence, often from law enforcement. Street workers (who are more likely to be of color, trans, and housing precarious), are especially vulnerable. One New York City-based study of street workers found that 80% had experienced violence and 30% reported violence or threats of violence from law enforcement. A similar study of indoor workers found that 46% had been victims of violence and 14% had experienced police violence. Migrants and LGBTQ sex workers are also more likely to encounter violence.

2023 December 17th

2023 Pre Covid Sx Work Stats

Fact Sheet: It should be noted that the Sex Worker community is largely unrecognized as a population. This is an injustice and impacts our ability to gather statistics about both our losses and our resiliency. Sex Workers as a demographic need to be recognized and supported and funded so that data can be accurately reflected.

2023 Letter from Dr. Annie

When Ridgeway was finally caught, I felt a need to memorialize my whore sisters that had died so horribly and needlessly. I cared, and I knew other people cared too. So I got together with Robyn Few, Founder of the Sex Worker Outreach Project, and SWOP members Stacey Swimme and Michael Fowley, and we claimed Dec. 17th as the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. We invited people to do memorials, vigils, and their chosen kind of events in their countries and cities. We produced a vigil at San Francisco’s City Hall. To date, hundreds of people around the world have done dozens of memorials, actions, and events of all kinds, and the participation is growing. Won’t you join us?