Special screening of Scarlet Road 17th September in Sydney

Aug 172011

Hi everyone,

We’ve just received a very cool invite from Scarlet Road letting us know there will be a screening of the film in NSW, so if you’re curious or would like to go please read on. There is a pdf printable invite you can find under the following text if you’d like to send it to friends. We’ll also place the links that appear on the invitation as well as links to other pages we’ve included on the site of Scarlet Road to refresh your memory or refer friends to.

NAUWU is VERY proud to be friends with the cast and crew of Scarlet Road and look forward to attending this awesome event.

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Dear Friends,
We are inviting you to join members of the cast and crew for a special screening of Scarlet Road in Sydney, NSW.

Tickets are being made available on a first-in first-served basis. The premier screening of Scarlet Road sold out within 24 hours at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival, so we recommend you book your tickets quickly to avoid disappointment. Full details are available in the flyer attached to this message.

If you discover this special screening has already been sold out – we invite you to send an email to info@touchingbase.org and ask to be put on a waiting list for the next available screening.

Hope to see you soon,

From the Cast & Crew of Scarlet Road

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Official invite to Scarlet Road screening Sydney September 17th 2011 including printable pdf:
Invite to Scarlet Road screening 17th September 2011_printable pdf

Links that appear in invitation above include:

http://www.scarletroad.com.au/ to view the trailer of Scarlet Road

http://www.scarletroad.com.au/news-reviews/ for media and reviews

http://www.touchingbase.org/news.php to find out more about Scarlet Road and the screening

http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=13491 if you’d like to buy a ticket immediately, you can buy tickets directly through this link.

Links to information on NAUWU about Scarlet Road
Sex and the disability – touching tale hits festival’s silver screen Sydney Morning Herald 11.05.11

Scarlet Road at the Sydney Film Festival

Sex Worker Disability Activists Media Interviews

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Sex Worker Disability Activists Media Interviews

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Aug 082011

Two sex worker activists were approached and interviewed by The Wire after the media article Disabled Patients Visit Prostitutes for Therapy appeared on ninemsn.

The interview was done by Saul from Touching Base and Rachel Wotton who appeared in the documentary Scarlet Road which was recently seen at the Sydney Film Festival.

Please hit on the link below to hear the full interview

The Wire – interview with sex worker activists talking about the rights of people with a disability to have an active and fulfilling sex life and the role sex workers play in facilitating this.

NAUWU would like to acknowledge the fantastic work Rachel, Saul, Touching Base, people with a disability, their families, carers and supporters do in relation to advocating for the rights of people with a disability. We’d also like to thank them for being such articulate and passionate sex workers who all members of NAUWU are proud to be associated with.

Sex Worker ONLY Advocacy Clinics June – August 2011

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Jun 222011

The next round of sex worker advocacy clinics are about to begin!

DON’T MISS OUT

The advocacy clinics are sex worker only workshops to support sex workers putting pen to paper to local politicians. The clinics will run in Sydney on:

Tuesday 28th June 4pm – 7pm
Tuesday 5th July 4pm – 7pm
Tuesday 26th July 4pm – 7pm
Tuesday 2nd August 4pm – 7pm

If you’re a sex worker and would like to attend, please email us at nothingaboutuswithoutus@gmail.com and we’ll be excited to give you more information about the clinics including where they’ll be held.

SlutWalk Sydney 2011_NAUWU and other Proud Whores Represent!

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Jun 222011

SlutWalk Sydney was held on June 13th 2011

The organising and execution of SlutWalk Sydney was mostly driven by sex workers from the very start. Sex workers have an acute understanding of how victim blaming and slut shaming are both elements of the stigma and discrimination that we and the wider community face every day.

Aussie whores as always didn’t let anyone down and certainly weren’t afraid to jump on the opportunity to take to the streets and represent!

There was also a strong sex worker presence at SlutWalks in Adelaide; and in Melbourne sex workers marched through the streets with the Scarlet Alliance Banner and under red umbrellas.

Below is the speech that was written and delivered by Audry Autonomy and Elena Jeffreys at both the Melbourne & Sydney SlutWalks. Elena spoke in Melbourne and Audry in Sydney.

Slutwalk Sydney Speech_Audry Autonomy and Elena Jeffreys_printable pdf

The reflection below was given to us by a sex worker describing her experience at SlutWalks Sydney.

I attended Sydney Slutwalk with my daughters 16 and 22. I felt so proud as I watched them join in the chants and really listen to the speakers, even though it was cold and drizzly. On the way home they told me they were pleased they had gone and how touched they were by the speeches.

Growing up, I was forced into uncomfortable situations, made some bad decisions and couldn’t talk about them because sex and sexuality were taboo subjects. By being open and sharing with my kids, they know they have choices and the right to make a noise if they don’t feel safe or don’t agree with societal norms.

I believe it was a great experience for them to be involved, to make a stand, to have a voice, to be part of something so important.

Below is YouTube from SlutWalk Sydney

SlutWalk Sydney 2011

Here are some links to media coverage on the day

http://nothing-about-us-without-us.com/sydney-slutwalk-small-but-powerful-the-sydney-morning-herald-13-06-11/

http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/47921

http://www.tntmagazine.com/tnt-today/archive/2011/06/13/Slutwalk-London_2C00_-Sydney_2C00_-Mexico-City-_2D00_-pictures.aspx

and a link to our pages on NAUWU which cover SlutWalk Sydney 2011

http://nothing-about-us-without-us.com/tag/slutwalk-sydney/

NAUWU would like to say a special thanks to Audry Autonomy, Elena Jeffreys, Scarlet Alliance, GF and all the other amazing sex worker activists who helped with organising the event, making posters, doing marshalling on the day, speech writers and deliverers. We’d also love to say a special thank you to everyone who attended whether they attended as out and loud whores or as parents supporting their children to find their voice and become politicaly active and aware.

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Please note: We have no way of knowing if the people in the pictures above are sex workers or not. These pictures were taken at the event to represent SlutWalks. We in know way wish to infer that anyone pictured is or is not a sex worker.

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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WHORES DAY 2011!

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Jun 032011

NAUWU would like to wish everyone the best International Whores Day possible!

Whoever you are, where ever you are, it’s

INTERNATIONAL WHORES DAY!

Sex Worker sit in in St Nizier Church Lyon France 1975

We’re placing the message sent to us by a worker below because it’s …. perfect! lol. it sums up what NAUWU feels, celebrates and reflects on, on this day. If you’d like to talk about International Sex Worker Day, leave a message we’d love to hear from you. You can get to the comments box by hitting either “Number of comments” or “No responses” in the top right hand corner of this post.

Have an amazing day, NAUWU!

On this day sex workers and our supporters around the world stand in solidarity in our call for our human, legal and industrial rights to be respected and actioned such as our forebears did when they took over St. Nizier’s church in Lyon in France in 1975.

My wish on IWD, among many other high hopes is that more clients step up to the mark and tell our detractors how offended they are at being labelled monsters and perpetrators of abuse. Tell their stories about how sex workers have helped them and what it has meant for their lives. Tell councils to stop putting all of us in harms way by determining personal services an industrial activity, with many councils allowing sex services premises only in industrial backwaters.

My message: What an event full year it has been again and with all you new out and proud whore voices joining our ever growing chorus – talk with us not about us – culminating on this day in Australia I think with the push by South Australian MP Stephanie Key calling for a vote to end criminalisation of the South Australian sex industry. Raising our red umbrellas high to her and all you SA whores who gave her the shove in the first instance. Congratulations

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/mp-steph-key-pushes-to-decriminalise-prostitution-in-sa/story-fn7x8me2-1226067566123

Have a proud and happy day

Much love and respect to you all and thinking of sex workers everywhere not yet as blessed as we are.

Darlo Debby

French Prostitutes Continue Protests_TriCity Herald_June 8th 1975

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SLUTWALK Sydney – Come join us!

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May 202011

NAUWU is proud and excited to be a part of SLUTWALK Sydney.

“SLUTWALK is a pro-queer, pro-kink, pro-sexwork, anti-victim blaming rally to raise the profile of the rights of sexual assault survivors not to be judged for what we wear, and the rights of all people to dress in any way without being a target for sexual assault.

Queer RT Choke, SlutWalk Collective Member”

Below is the flier and A4 Poster to promote the event. We’d love it if you could print them out and pass them around to people you know - email and word of mouth is just as good ;)

This is not a sex worker only issue, this is everyone’s issue and it’s such an important issue!

People from Scarlet Alliance, NAUWU and loads of other sex worker supporters will be there so you’ll have people to march with. There’ll be lots of red umbrella’s and it would be cool if you could bring yours too

SlutWalk Sydney 2011_Flier

SlutWalk Sydney 2011_poster A4

SlutWalks have happened and are happening all over the world. If you’d like more information on how and why SlutWalk’s started and where they’ve been held, check out the links below.

SlutWalk Toronto, where it all began. An explanation of why the first SlutWalk had to happen and the group who made it happen.

SlutWalk Toronto_YouTube

Slut Walk Hits Dallas Streets_article and video

Slut Walk comes to Texas_article and video

Slut Walk Chicago_interview with a SlutWalk organising activist

Slut Walk Boston_interview with a Slut Walk organiser and speaker at the event

Slut Walk Boston_article

SlutWalk in Australia_article and video

If you’d like any further information or need anything, please pop an email to nothingaboutuswithoutus@gmail.com . WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT SLUTWALK SYDNEY!!

Scarlet Road at the Sydney Film Festival

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May 132011

Come and be a part of an incredible night, a brilliant celebration and long overdue recognition!

Hi everyone!

NAUWU is VERY excited to share with you that the premiere of Scarlet Road is on and many of us will be attending. We’d love to see you there to support Rachel, people with disabilities, their families, carers and friends, as well as the sex industry as a whole. Rachel does amazing things as a sex worker as do many other sex workers and it’s a night we can come together to celebrate who we are, what we do and the fact that sex workers and their extended family is getting some positive recognition.

More about the film/documentary: http://nothing-about-us-without-us.com/sex-and-the-disability-touching-tale-hits-festivals-silver-screen-sydney-morning-herald-11-05-11/

Where: Sydney Film Festival, Event Cinemas George Street, Sydney

When: Saturday 11th June, 6.45pm http://sff.org.au (look for Scarlet Road on the Schedule page)

How to buy a ticket: http://tix.sff.org.au/session2.asp?sn=Scarlet+Road

Ticket prices: adult $17.00, concession $15.00, group (10+) $13.00

How to let us know you’ll be there if you’re a sex worker or a person with a disability and you’d like to meet up with other workers and give Rachel a big smile: nothingaboutuswithoutus@gmail.com

Pro-porn Activism!

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May 132011

Help us be seen and heard

Your porn needs you!

Anti-porn speaker Gail Dines will be presenting at NSW Parliament House on the 24th May 2011 from 12noon – 1pm. Sex workers will be attending as well to give a clear message that sex workers are listening, do need to be consulted, do support each other and that sex work, porn and every other job in the adult sex industry is real work and needs to be treated as such.

It will be a golden opportunity to listen to the best sex worker peer activists doing there thing, as well as having the opportunity to give it a go yourself with people supporting you.

This event will also be the perfect lobbying opportunity and there will be strength in numbers, so you will be warmly welcomed

This link is to Gail Dines website

This link is to the pro-Gail Dines Parliament House event

If you can go or you’d like more information, send an email to nothingaboutuswithoutus@gmail.com and we’ll fill you in on the details or you could give Scarlet Alliance a call on 02 9690 0551.

We’re pro-adult industry are you?

Parliament House

24th May

12pm – 1pm

Wear your shiniest shoes or boots – Ms Dines favorite

You can also check out what Ms Dines thinks of the Slutwalks on the media page here:

Slutwalk may damage women’s rights cause, professor says

NAUWU members are strong supporters of the slutwalks and will be attending the event. Stay tuned to our protest page for more information on SLUTWALKS!

Rally calling for the decriminalisation of sex work in South Australia

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May 122011

Hi everyone,

SIN (which is the uber busy, motivated and very cool sex worker org in South Australia) is organising a rally calling for the decriminalisation of sex work in South Australia. They would LOVE to have your support and see you there. The details of this VERY important event are below:

SA Protest June 2nd 2010 for Decriminalisation of Sex Industry in SA. Picture Courtesy of AdelaideNow http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/mp-moves-to-decriminalise-prostitution-in-south-australia/story-e6frea6u-1225874566324

When: Thursday June 2nd, 12pm – 2pm

Where: steps of Parliament House, Nth Terrace, Adelaide

South Australian sex work laws criminalising sex workers date back to the 1930′s. The laws are harmful to sex workers, discriminatory and out of date. Police regularly raid suspected brothels, arrest sex workers, use condoms and other safe sex info as evidence, harass and intimidate sex workers.

We are the last state in Australia to not revisit our sex industry laws and as a result sex workers are being forced to put police evasion techniques before safety strategies.

Join us as we call on the South Australian government to protect the health, rights and wellbeing of sex workers and demand dignity choice and law reform!!

For more information:

Face Book: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182968671755783&sfrm#!/pages/SIN/108320842589921

Phone: (08) 8334 1666

Website: http://www.sin.org.au

Sex and the disability – touching tale hits festival’s silver screen Sydney Morning Herald 11.05.11

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May 112011

Sex and the disability – touching tale hits festival’s silver screen

Bryce Hallett
Sydney Morning Herald
May 11, 2011

Scarlett Road... Rachel Wotton is a sex worker who specialises in clients with disabilities such as John, who has multiple sclerosis.

IT’S not often that an elderly couple would make up their son’s bed with satin sheets and spread rose petals in readiness for a visit by a sex worker.But this is no ordinary birthday celebration for Mark, who has cerebal palsy. and yearns for an intimate relationship despite being confined to a wheelchair. Mark speaks via an electronic communication board but his eyes light up at the prospect of an overnight liaison with Rachel Wotton, a Sydney sex worker with 17 years experience.

The liberating, unexpectedly romantic encounter, features in independent director Catherine Scott’s insightful and touching documentary, Scarlet Road. It centres on Wotton’s tireless campaigning for the rights of sex workers and for people with disabilities who are typically perceived as asexual or not in the dating game.

Scarlet Road is among the films vying for the Foxtel Australian Documentary Prize at this year’s Sydney Film Festival in June. ‘‘Representation of sex workers and people with disabilities is a minefield but I wanted to tackle stereotypes head on,’’ says Scott who befriended Wotton a decade ago and gained the trust to take her handheld camera behind closed doors.

‘‘The documentary is positive and pro-active about two marginalised groups,’’ Wotton says. ‘‘Sex workers are everywhere and they come in all shapes and sizes. They are not these isolated, lonely or damaged figures but people who go the the supermarket and lead ordinary lives. The joy of the documentary is that we get to talk about giving pleasure and shining a light on an issue that people haven’t thought about.’’

Wotton, who has a background in psychology and is studying for a master’s degree in sexual health, has become highly specialised in working with clients with cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and those with degenerative conditions. One of her clients, John, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 26 years ago. A chin-controlled wheelchair affords him mobility but he insists that his sessions with Rachel have enabled him to regain some body movement and improved his self-esteem.

‘‘It’s amazing to see John’s progress. We are always being taught to look after our bodies, to eat the right things but everyone deserves to be touched, to be hugged and shown tenderness.
Wotton expects that Scarlet Road will become a useful tool in educating people from all walks of life about a subject that is too often shrouded in mystery and taboo. For several years she has been part of an international movement to try to gain rights for sex workers and to eradicate the social stigma and descrimination surrounding her chosen occupation.

Thoughtful and articulate, Wotton says that she still keeps in touch with Mark and that he has since celebrated another birthday since the documentary was made.
‘‘It’s a great privilege that the clients trust me and ultimately it’s about treating them with dignity and respect, and having fun. I would love for sex workers to be included in rahabilitation programs if they so chose. It’s about empowering people to make decisions in their life that make them happier and healthier.’’

Wotton hopes that Scarlet Road will shatter myths and prejudices. ‘‘I’ve put in the hard yards of activism and loybbing to fight for the human and legal rights of sex workers. After all the voluntary work with Touching Base [a charitable institution established in 2000] it would be great to get funding to further bridge the gap beween people with disability, their support organisations and the sex industry.’’

Scarlet Road, produced by Pat Fiske and directed by Catherine Scott, screens at the Sydney Film Festival, on Saturday June 11. The screening will be accompanied by a Q&A with guest film-makers.

Bryce Hallett is a leading arts writer with the Sydney Morning Herald. This story was published in the Herald on Wednesday, May 11.

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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WHORES DAY 2011!

NAUWU would like to wish everyone the best International Whores Day possible!

Whoever you are, where ever you are, it’s

INTERNATIONAL WHORES DAY!

Sex Worker sit in in St Nizier Church Lyon France 1975

SLUTWALK Sydney – Come join us!

NAUWU is proud and excited to be a part of SLUTWALK Sydney.

Scarlet Road at the Sydney Film Festival

Come and be a part of an incredible night, a brilliant celebration and long overdue recognition!

Pro-porn Activism!

Help us be seen and heard

Your porn needs you!

We’re pro-adult industry are you?

Parliament House

24th May

12pm – 1pm

Wear your shiniest shoes or boots – Ms Dines favorite

Rally calling for the decriminalisation of sex work in South Australia

Sex and the disability – touching tale hits festival’s silver screen Sydney Morning Herald 11.05.11

Sex and the disability – touching tale hits festival’s silver screen

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Sydney Morning Herald
May 11, 2011

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DON’T MISS OUT

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SlutWalk Sydney was held on June 13th 2011

NAUWU would like to wish everyone the best International Whores Day possible!

Whoever you are, where ever you are, it’s

INTERNATIONAL WHORES DAY!

Sex Worker sit in in St Nizier Church Lyon France 1975

NAUWU is proud and excited to be a part of SLUTWALK Sydney.

Come and be a part of an incredible night, a brilliant celebration and long overdue recognition!

Help us be seen and heard

Your porn needs you!

We’re pro-adult industry are you?

Parliament House

24th May

12pm – 1pm

Wear your shiniest shoes or boots – Ms Dines favorite

Sex and the disability – touching tale hits festival’s silver screen

Bryce Hallett Sydney Morning Herald May 11, 2011

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Tuesday 5th July 4pm – 7pm
Tuesday 26th July 4pm – 7pm
Tuesday 2nd August 4pm – 7pm

Bryce Hallett
Sydney Morning Herald
May 11, 2011