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DESCRIPTION:Sex Workers Unite Author Dr. Melinda Chateauvert Keynote Speaker For Sex 
 Worker Fundraiser\n\nWho:  Melinda Chateauvert is an author, historian, and 
 activist. Her new book, Sex Workers Unite! A History of the Movement from 
 Stonewall to SlutWalk, (Beacon Press, January, 2014) recasts sex workers -- 
 of all genders, persuasions and occupations -- as key activists in 
 struggles for gay liberation, women’s rights, reproductive justice, union 
 organizing and prison abolition, and holds that sex worker rights are 
 ultimately human rights (www.sexworkersunite.com). \n\nDr. Chateauvert is 
 currently at fellow at the Center for Africana Studies at the University of 
 Pennsylvania, as well as a participant in the New Orleans Free School. She 
 has taught courses on civil rights, community organizing, and gender and 
 sexuality for more than twenty years. Her work has appeared in a variety of 
 publications, including Sex Work: Writing about Women in the Sex Industry 
 (Cleis Press, 1986, 1997), the Journal of African American History, the 
 Journal of Women’s History, $pread Magazine, Labor History, www.swaay.org 
 and www.titsandsass.com. A member of the Centaur MC of Washington, DC, and 
 an honorary member of the Philadelphians; she a past member of the New 
 Orleans Leather Alliance, and former board member of HIPS, (www.hips.org) 
 in Washington, DC. In addition to sitting as a board member at the Leather 
 Archives & Museum, she participates in the Positive Justice Project to 
 decriminalize HIV+ status (www.hivlawandpolicy.org), the Desiree Alliance 
 of sex workers (www.desireealliance.org), and serves as an advisor for 
 Women With A Vision in New Orleans (www.wwav-no.org).  \n\nWhat: Fundraiser 
 for the Litigate to Emancipate Fund seeks to bring a constitutional 
 challenge to the prostitution laws.  Sponsored the Erotic Service Providers 
 Legal, Education and Research Project, a San Francisco nonprofit for sex 
 workers and our larger erotic community.  According to Dr. Chateauvert, 
 despite the acceptance of “sluts” the “prostitute” remains a deeply 
 embedded symbolic marker between decency and disrespect … money changes 
 everything.  The event is open to the public.\n\nWhere:  Alchemy ~ San 
 Francisco’s premier private dungeon~ 1060 Folsom Street San Francisco, 
 California 94103.  Wheelchair Accessible through a rear entrance.\n\nWhen:  
 Sunday January 26, 2014 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. \n\nTickets: Online at 
 sexworkersunite.brownpapertickets.com  Or Call 1-800-838-3006\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/01/23/18749665.php
SUMMARY:Sex Workers Unite Author Dr. Melinda Chateauvert Keynote Speaker For Sex Worker Fundraiser
LOCATION:Alchemy~San Francisco's Premiere Private Dungeon 1060 Folsom Street San 
 Francisco, California
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/01/23/18749665.php
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