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DESCRIPTION:Celebrating Our Organizing with Films, Panels, Awards, and Words  Sex 
 Workers Organized for Labor, Human, and Civil Rights  July 25 (Sunday) 
 12:00 noon (until 7:00 p.m.) Donation requested  New College of California  
 777 Valencia St. (near 19th St.), San Francisco  All workers need unions 
 and rights on the job. The victory of the Lusty Ladies Club and their first 
 contract with SEIU 790 is an important milestone in the effort to organize 
 the thousands of sex workers in San Francisco. Sex workers are also 
 organizing around the world from Italy to India, and this event will screen 
 films, host discussion panels, and speak truth to power in the struggle for 
 human rights on the job.  ===========================================  
 "Straight for the Money" (12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.)  A film by Hima B., 1994 
 (58 minutes)  This documentary profiles eight lesbian and bisexual women 
 who work as prostitutes, strippers, porn stars, and phone sex workers as 
 they discuss how they negotiate their jobs, intimacy with lovers, and 
 values. "Sexperts" Carol Queen, Annie Sprinkle, Scarlot Harlot, and Joan 
 Nestle provide insight into the historical presence of queer sex workers.  
 ===========================================  "Tales of the Night Fairies" 
 (1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.)  A film by Shohini Ghosh, 2002 (74 minutes)  A 
 film about how Indian sex workers have organized for their labor, human, 
 and civil rights. (Bengali with English subtitles.)  
 ===========================================  "Legalization Sucks: The 
 Nevada Brothels" (2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.)  Nevada's legal brothel sex 
 industry workers share their view of their working conditions, the owners' 
 priorities, the drug and alcohol trade, regulation by the police, social 
 stigmatization, the effects of working on family life, and other topics.   
 ===========================================  "Victoria Principal's Sex 
 Education for Sex Workers by Sex Workers" (4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.)  A film 
 by the Sex Workers Outreach Project of Australia  And there will be a test 
 afterwards and discussion to follow.  
 ===========================================  Sexual Assaults on the Job 
 (5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.)  San Francisco Adult Sexual Assault Task Force 
 members will provide information on how to report a sexual assault and will 
 also take questions.  ===========================================  Award 
 Ceremony for Bobby S. (6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.)  Sex Workers Organized for 
 Labor, Human, and Civil Rights will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to 
 Bobby S. for decades of service in providing organizational support to sex 
 workers and their different organizations. Please come and bring your 
 appreciation, love, and stories about Bobby to this "only in San Francisco" 
 event.  ===========================================  LaborFest 2004 is a 
 month of film, music, poetry, theater, talks, tours, and other events 
 celebrating labor, our history and future. Held every July since 1994, 
 LaborFest commemorates San Francisco's 1934 General Strike. For a complete 
 schedule, visit http://www.laborfest.net  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/07/15/42953.php
SUMMARY:Sex Workers Organized for Labor, Human, and Civil Rights
LOCATION:New College of California  777 Valencia St. (near 19th St.)  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/07/15/42953.php
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