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Scarlet Alliance
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☂️ National peak body for sex workers & sex worker organisations in unceded Australia. Fighting for our rights, health & safety since 1989. 💪
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Mar 12, 2025
    We've been a bit quiet here because we've moved over to Bluesky! Follow us at bsky.app/profile/scarle… and our other socials, including our Linktree at linktr.ee/scarlet_allian… We'll be keeping our X profile for posterity - but won't be monitoring it.
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Mar 22, 2021
    Beyond disappointing to hear the P-word used no less than 3 times by @10NewsFirst. It’s 2021, @vanOnselenP, if you’re going to use us for shock factor at least get our job title right. #10News
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Nov 26, 2019
    Today sex workers in NT & Australia celebrate the passing of the Sex Industry Bill 2019 in NT Parliament. This bill fully decriminalises sex work providing sex workers with access to the same workplace health & safety protections as other Territorians. scarletalliance.org.au/media/News_Ite…
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Jan 29, 2021
    We've been alerted to this project by a right-wing journalist making a documentary about SW. We warn our NSW sex worker followers against involvement and encourage anyone approached by Lauren Southern to simply refer her to us or to the NSW sex worker peer organisation @SWOPnsw
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Nov 25, 2022
    We're very happy to announce that the Northern Territory has this week become the first place in the world to explicitly protect sex workers from discrimination by naming 'sex work' and 'sex worker' as protected attributes! 🎉
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Mar 7, 2017
    You can't have womens rights without #sexworkers rights! On #iwd stand with sex workers & support decriminalisation of #sexwork #IWD2017
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Aug 13, 2021
    Congratulations Victorian SW - we're on the way! There's still a lot of work to do from here, but this announcement from the Andrews government is a very important step: premier.vic.gov.au/making-sex-wor… @VixenCollective and Scarlet Alliance response at scarletalliance.org.au/media/News_Ite…
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Oct 5, 2019
    Can anyone spot the problem here:
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Jun 2, 2024
    INTERNATIONAL WHORES' DAY: On 2nd June 1975, more than 100 sex workers and their allies began an 8-day demonstration at the St Nizier Church in Lyon, France to protest criminalised and exploitative working and living conditions.
    INTERNATIONAL WHORES’ DAY: June 2nd marks a monumental step in the contemporary sex worker rights movement.
    HISTORY: On 2nd June 1975, more than 100 sex workers and their allies began an 8-day demonstration at the St Nizier Church in Lyon, France to protest criminalised and exploitative working and living conditions. Sex workers demanded an end to stigma, police harassment and fines, as well as the release of ten sex workers who had been arrested and imprisoned for soliciting a few days earlier and the re-opening of hotels where they worked.
    Sex workers also called for a proper investigation into a series of sex worker murders that were dismissed by police. Sex workers and supporters in Lyon challenged the police to come and arrest anybody who they could identify as a sex worker in the church, making the point that sex workers are ordinary people. Protesters were joined by feminist leaders like Simone de Beauviour, as an act of solidarity in recognising the oppression of sex workers as a mechanism of the patriarchy.
    Sex workers in other French towns heard of the demonstration in Lyon and took sanctuary in churches in Marseilles, Grenoble, Montpelier and Paris in solidarity. Across the country, French sex workers joined the action by taking part in an eight-day long strike. Despite the national impact of the protest, the police refused to engage with the protesters’ grievances and threatened increasingly harsh punishments. Police forcibly cleared the church after eight days.
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Aug 14, 2019
    Joint press release Scarlet Alliance and @SWOPnsw. Text available on Facebook at facebook.com/scarletallianc…
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Mar 2, 2023
    Today Is International Sex Workers' Rights Day. Started in 2001, when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a festival despite efforts from prohibitionist groups. Sex worker groups across the world have subsequently celebrated the date annually on the 3rd of March.
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Jan 12, 2020
    Just a reminder what sex workers who participated in the Louis Theroux documentary had to say about it. google.com.au/amp/s/www.daze…
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Feb 10, 2022
    BREAKING NEWS! @VictorianLabor commits to destroying the sex work registration records by May 10th, 2022. We and @VixenCollective will stay on it to ensure this happens! And hold #sexworker celebration party when it does! 🍾🎉💃🏻🕺💃🏻
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    Scarlet Alliance
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    Feb 10, 2022
    #Decriminalisation of Sex Work Bill 2021 has passed in VIC 24-10! More work to be done but will be critical and necessary start. Thanks @VictorianLabor @AndyMeddickMP @SamanthaRatnam @FionaPatten and all others who supported the rights health and safety of sw @VixenCollective