Scarlet Alliance in Newtown, Poole | Community organisation

Scarlet Alliance

Locality: Newtown, Poole

Phone: +61 2 9517 2577

Address: PO Box 2042 Newtown

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

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25.01.2022 Sex Worker Pride began in 2019, and is an opportunity to celebrate and share stories of sex workers self-determination and the achievements of the sex worker rights movement. Sex Worker Pride extends to all marginalised by criminalisation, discrimination and stigma across the sex worker movement and celebrates the diversity within our community during International Sex Worker Pride. Will you join respect in supporting @The_Debbys sex worker story telling online event to c...elebrate sex workers, self-determination & visibility Tickets are available now!

25.01.2022 We want to thank every one who has been donating to the sex worker emergency relief fund. These donations have helped keep members of our community housed and fed during COVID-19. After each weeks pay outs our balance returns to zero. Last week we had over 50 applicants and less than $1500 in donations. We recognise that this is a hard time for many - but if you are able to, please help us support workers with no access to government support who are not yet able to return to work. With love <3 https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support

24.01.2022 SW workers in Cairns - this super cute event is happening August 20th <3

24.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/events/770823053649113 <3 there is still time for you to register to go this great event tomorrow

24.01.2022 Are you a current or former SW based in Sydney with a passion for policy? Scarlet Alliance has a Job Vacancy for a part time Policy Officer. <3 http://www.scarletalliance.org.au/vacancies/

23.01.2022 On Thursday December 10th, Scarlet Alliance and our state and territory member organisations will host 'Ahead of the Curve: Sex Work and COVID-19 in Australia'. This event will launch our report 'COVID-19 and Sex Work in Australia' and provide us with an opportunity to speak to the urgent law and regulatory reforms needed to prevent further damage to the sex worker community in this and future public health emergencies. To join us, register at https://zoom.us/webinar/registe...r/WN_FdluYTbnRUOq-0n3CI3D0A This event is for policymakers at the state, territory and federal levels, health practitioners, community legal and justice centres, unionists, people with an interest in welfare and human rights, sexual health academics, and everyone with an interest in the lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The impact of poor policymaking is always felt by sex workers. During COVID-19, discrimination, criminalisation, misuse of police powers, lack of access to welfare and crisis financial support, barriers to justice and online marginalisation is acute and unrelenting. Though borders are re-opening, and the spread of COVID-19 is easing in Australia, social and economic disparities will continue to intensify. Sex workers are facing housing insecurity, lack of money for the basics, advertising bans, and clients having less money to spend in the face of a recession. These impacts, set against the backdrop of ongoing criminalisation of our work and workplaces and discrimination and exclusion from a number of welfare programs, leaves sex workers in an increasingly precarious position, and, the bills keep coming in. Sex worker organisations are working with this landscape daily and have been working tirelessly to support sex workers though a time of systemic neglect from governments. How do we learn from the fallout at the intersection of a pandemic and ongoing bad policy and make vital legislative changes to prevent it from happening again? How can sex workers, now and in the future, be more assured of inclusion in government policy responses to health? What conclusions are sex worker organisations drawing from the pandemic, and what support and collaboration do we need from governments, policymakers, and the health and justice sectors to turn these lessons into meaningful change for sex workers?

23.01.2022 With your help the sex worker emergency relief fund has raised over $125,000. Each week we pay out 100% of the weeks donations and our balance returns to ZERO COVID-19 has brought about an unprecedented impact on sex workers. Many sex workers in Victoria have not been able to work since March. We are trying to support as many workers as we can each week, who are not able to access any government support. We are never able to meet the full need of community. Please help ...us continue to help workers maintain housing, buy food and basic items, support their dependents, and access healthcare and prescriptions. We cant do this without you <3 https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support SWOP ACT SWOP Respect Inc Vixen Collective

22.01.2022 Tomorrow is Sex Worker Pride! To celebrate we'll be putting on our best pyjamas to attend GLORYHOLE 2 - an online night of sex worker story telling. Sex worker, activist and performance artist Queenie Bon Bon will be the MC, and here's a clip of their performance from the last event! This story was shared at our first Gloryhole event on International Whores Day 2 June 2020. This event was a fundraiser for sex workers without financial support during COVID-19. You can continu...e to support this work to keep sex workers stay safe, housed and fed during the COVID-19 pandemic here: https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support Gloryhole is the online sex worker storytelling night organised by Debby Doesn't Do It for Free, the Australian sex workers art collective The next Gloryhole is on Monday September 14 at 6:30pm (AEST), live via Zoom. You can get your house a front row seat here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gloryhole-night-of-sex-worker- https://omny.fm/shows/gloryhole/4-queenie-bon-bon

22.01.2022 Beautiful work and words, Rosa. We acknowledge and grieve for the lives lost to violence against transgender people this year, disproportionately experienced by trans women of colour. Whether inflicted by individuals or by the state, overtly or covertly, it is all grounded in systemic transphobia. We acknowledge the vibrance and resilience of trans and gender non-conforming people and extend our love and care to all of you, especially those who are or have been a part of the sex worker community. #TDOR2020

22.01.2022 REMINDER: Your chance to join our Sydney based team fighting for sex worker rights nationally closes Friday 28 August! We have two POSITIONS VACANT both require your sex work experience as essential criteria. 1. Policy Officer (part time, 0.4 FTE - 2 days per week)... The Policy Officer position supports Scarlet Alliance advocacy work by developing submissions, briefings, reports, presentations and policy publications and coordinates consultation with the Scarlet Alliance membership on policy positions and key documents 2. National Programs Manager (full time, 1.0 FTE) The National Programs Manager will be responsible for providing leadership and management to the organisation and involves working cooperatively with a multi disciplinary team. Read more about the positions and download the application kits at http://www.scarletalliance.org.au/vacancies/ Applications must be received by close 5PM AEST Friday 28th August, 2020.

22.01.2022 https://soundcloud.com/decrimf/10-minute-cut-cops-dont-keep You can listen to this recording from May 2019 when SWARM hosted a three day festival that included panel discussions across a wide range of topics that impact on sex workers, and that connect and intersect with sex worker rights organising and broader struggles for justice. This short is about sex work and police.

21.01.2022 Its that time of year again! Its time for Qld sex workers to have a say about Respect Inc. Its an opportunity to join us (become a member if you havent already) vote on the management committee and plan our year ahead. 20 November 2.30pm-4.30pm Stay tuned for more info.

21.01.2022 DecrimQLD have a sex work media guide: Respectful & appropriate language for Queensland media.

18.01.2022 Sex workers, like most workers, have diverse feelings about their work. Some sex workers dislike their work but find that it is their best or only option to make a living. Some are agnostic about their work but find that it offers flexibility or good pay. And some enjoy the work and find it all around rewarding or fun. Regardless of what sex workers think about their work, they deserve workplace health and safety and human rights. COVID-19 has brought about an unprecedented i...mpact on sex workers. Restrictions remain for sex workers in some jurisdictions and sex workers have been targeted for fines and penalties. In many cases sex workers have had incomes stop completely or significantly diminish. Loss of income has directly impacted on sex workers ability to maintain housing, buy food and basic items, support their dependents, and access healthcare and prescriptions. Please help us to continue to provide emergency relief for sex workers in Australia who do not meet eligibility criteria for government or other financial support or unable to meet government requirements. https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org//understanding-sex-

16.01.2022 "Kittens need to be rescued. Sex workers should be granted the agency to make decisions about their own lives." Cyd Nova You can help us support workers via the emergency relief fund. COVID-19 has brought about an unprecedented impact on sex workers. Restrictions remain for sex workers in some jurisdictions and sex workers have been targeted for fines and penalties. In many cases sex workers have had incomes stop completely or significantly diminish. Loss of income has directly impacted on sex workers ability to maintain housing, buy food and basic items, support their dependents, and access healthcare and prescriptions. https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support

16.01.2022 Tomorrow is Sex Worker Pride! To celebrate we'll be tuning in to GLORYHOLE 2 - a night of sex worker story telling. Have a listen to award winning author, occasional sex worker, and professional weirdo Mia Walsch performing earlier this year. This story was shared at our first Gloryhole event on International Whores Day 2 June 2020. This event was a fundraiser for sex workers without financial support during COVID-19. You can continue to support this work to keep sex workers... stay safe, housed and fed during the COVID-19 pandemic here: https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support Gloryhole is the online sex worker storytelling night organised by Debby Doesn't Do It for Free, the Australian sex workers art collective The next Gloryhole is on Monday September 14 at 6:30pm (AEST), live via Zoom. You can get your house a front row seat here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gloryhole-night-of-sex-worker- https://omny.fm/shows/gloryhole/3-mia-walsch

14.01.2022 Want to help support workers effected by covid-19? Love sex worker storytelling? Join us and celebrate Sex Worker Pride September 14th for this on line sex worker fundraiser. Dont miss this amazing line up of sex worker story tellers and performers ! Buy your house a front row seat to this sex worker pride party. 100% of funds raised go to the emergency relief fund for sex workers during #covid19au ... Buy a $10/$20/$50/$100 + bf ticket for your household to listen & watch the show. Tickets & story tellers bios at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gloryhole-night-of-sex-worker- Vixen Collective SWOP Respect Inc

13.01.2022 Join us for an evening of sex worker voices and storytelling on Sex Worker Pride Day and raise $$$$ for Emergency Support Fund BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND - last event Whore Stories on International Whores Day now Debby doesn't do it for free brings you GLORY HOLE We have an amazing line up of sex worker story tellers! STORYS BY Despo Debby Tilly Lawless Hole_Money... Pris Ile Billie Blossom Eden Eros SoftBoss who?her ? Make sure you buy your house a front row seat to the whore-some event to celebrate international SEX WORKER PRIDE https://www.facebook.com/events/577197659618442/ SWOP Vixen Respect Inc

12.01.2022 Thank you every one who has donated to the sex work emergency relief fund. Your support has allowed workers to meet their own needs, in deciding how they spend their emergency relief funds, has connected workers that want further support to their local peer org, and has supported sex workers health and safety in this time. Each week our balance returns to zero, and each week the need from community surpasses the amount we receive in donations. Please help us to continue ...to do this vital work, and support workers who can not access government support, where restrictions remain and where sex workers have been targeted for fines and penalties. SWOP Vixen Collective SWOP ACT Respect https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support

12.01.2022 This Monday is... GLORYHOLE 2! And the best part is that its online so you can open as many chip packets as you like and no one will glare at you! Actually, your dog might. 100% of funds raised go directly to sex workers financially affected by COVID-19 restrictions. Check out the link below to get a taste of Debby Doesnt Do It For Frees last online sex worker storytelling event, and then book your ticket for this one! ... https://omny.fm/shows/gloryhole

12.01.2022 Today is Sex Worker Pride and that means tonight is GLORYHOLE 2! Get yourself in the mood by listening to comedienne, writer, and adult actress Heather Joan tell her story earlier this year, and then grab your tickets to tonight's event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gloryhole-night-of-sex-worker- This story was shared at our first Gloryhole event on International Whores Day 2 June 2020. This event was a fundraiser for sex workers without financial support during COVID-19. Y...ou can continue to support this work to keep sex workers stay safe, housed and fed during the COVID-19 pandemic here: https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support Gloryhole is the online sex worker storytelling night organised by Debby Doesn't Do It for Free, the Australian sex workers art collective. https://omny.fm/shows/gloryhole/6-heather-joan

12.01.2022 POSITIONS VACANT! Scarlet Alliance has two positions vacant: 1. Policy Officer (part time, 0.4 FTE - 2 days per week) The Policy Officer position supports Scarlet Alliance advocacy work by developing submissions, briefings, reports, presentations and policy publications and coordinates consultation with the Scarlet Alliance membership on policy positions and key documents... 2. National Programs Manager (full time, 1.0 FTE) The National Programs Manager will be responsible for providing leadership and management to the organisation and involves working cooperatively with a multi disciplinary team. Application kits are available at http://www.scarletalliance.org.au/vacancies/ and close 5PM AEST Friday 28th August, 2020. Sex work experience is an essential criteria for this role.

11.01.2022 COVID-19 has brought about an unprecedented impact on sex workers. Restrictions remain for sex workers in some jurisdictions and sex workers have been targeted for fines and penalties. In many cases sex workers have had incomes stop completely or significantly diminish. Loss of income has directly impacted on sex workers ability to maintain housing, buy food and basic items, support their dependents, and access healthcare and prescriptions. https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support

11.01.2022 Ireland introduced the Nordic Model (criminalising the purchasing of sex, but not the selling of sex) in 2017 and sex worker organisations have rightly been fighting against it ever since. We understand the intention of criminalising of the buyer was to signal the wrongfulness of sexual violence and exploitation, we do not agree that it is actually making sex workers lives better. We submit that it is actively creating a climate of risk and danger. https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40046633.html

10.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpGdRrB75og "Policies that criminalize sex work may be well-intentioned, but their costs fall hardest on sex workers themselves. To truly support sex workers, we must fully decriminalize their profession."

09.01.2022 Have a listen to stand-up comedian, sketch writer and sex worker Bella Green performing at Debby Doesn't Do It for Free's GLORYHOLE earlier this year, and then don't miss out on catching GLORYHOLE 2 at 6:30pm AEST (4:30pm AWST) tonight! You can get your house a front row seat here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gloryhole-night-of-sex-worker- This story was shared at our first Gloryhole event on International Whores Day 2 June 2020. This event was a fundraiser for sex worker...s without financial support during COVID-19. You can continue to support this work to keep sex workers stay safe, housed and fed during the COVID-19 pandemic here: https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support Gloryhole is the online sex worker storytelling night organised by Debby Doesn't Do It for Free, the Australian sex workers art collective. https://omny.fm/shows/gloryhole/7-bella-green-edit

08.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch Thorne Harbour Health presents a Community Forum on Sex Work Decriminalisation. This event features presentations on the current regulatory framework in different Australian jurisdictions and the lived experiences of sex workers in relation to licensing and a criminalised model, followed by a panel discussion covering issues such as licensing, mandatory STI testing, and recent reform efforts.... Panel includes: Jules Kim (Scarlet Alliance), Dylan O'Hara (Vixen Collective), Kat Morrison (SIN - Sex Industry Network), Leanne Melling (SWOP NT), Cameron Cox (SWOP NSW), and Janelle Fawkes (Respect QLD).

08.01.2022 Have a listen to Aussie porn performer, sex worker, writer and academic Max Arion performing at Debby Doesn't Do It for Free's GLORYHOLE earlier this year! This story was shared at our first Gloryhole event on International Whores Day 2 June 2020. This event was a fundraiser for sex workers without financial support during COVID-19. You can continue to support this work to keep sex workers stay safe, housed and fed during the COVID-19 pandemic here: https://chuffed.org/projec...t/sex-worker-support Gloryhole is the online sex worker storytelling night organised by Debby Doesn't Do It for Free, the Australian sex workers art collective The next Gloryhole is on Monday September 14 at 6:30pm (AEST), live via Zoom. You can get your house a front row seat here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gloryhole-night-of-sex-worker- https://omny.fm/shows/gloryhole/2-max-arion

08.01.2022 Check out comedian, YouTuber, Twitch Affiliate, and former stripper, Chase Paradise performing her story at June's GLORYHOLE event! This story was shared at our first Gloryhole event on International Whores Day 2 June 2020. This event was a fundraiser for sex workers without financial support during COVID-19. You can continue to support this work to keep sex workers stay safe, housed and fed during the COVID-19 pandemic here: https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support Gl...oryhole is the online sex worker storytelling night organised by Debby Doesn't Do It for Free, the Australian sex workers art collective The next Gloryhole is on Monday September 14 at 6:30pm (AEST), live via Zoom. You can get your house a front row seat here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gloryhole-night-of-sex-worker- https://omny.fm/shows/gloryhole/1-chase-paradise

07.01.2022 As sex workers in each state and territory begin to return to work, the emergency fund will continue to provide support until COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted across the country. This fund will primarily focus on supporting sex workers who have not yet been able to return to work, particularly where COVID-19 restrictions remain in place and where sex workers are subject to penalties and fines. https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support

07.01.2022 Restrictions remain for sex workers in Victoria and sex workers have been targeted for fines and penalties. The police are not health care professionals and fines are not health care solutions. This fundraiser provides emergency relief for sex workers in Australia who do not meet eligibility criteria for government or other financial support or unable to meet government requirements. https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support

07.01.2022 https://rewire.news//prison-abolition-requires-decrimina/ Here in Jackson Heights, [for] merely walking around dressed sexily, being a trans woman, or wearing short clothing, the police can deem you to be a sex worker, arrest you, and also deport you, García says. There are cases in which trans women have had to walk around with their certificates of marriage to prove that the person who is walking by their side is their partner and not a client.

07.01.2022 https://www.dazeddigital.com//fka-twigs-announces-initiati I feel like now is the time for me to step forward, pay respect, and shine a light on the challenges facing sex workers, especially during these uncertain times, she continues. Sex workers I know and have met have discipline, craft, talent, and work ethic not only do they deserve better long-term, but their income has been wiped out by the lockdown and many are invisible to the financial aid available to others.

07.01.2022 Did you know that September 14 (tomorrow!) is Sex Worker Pride??? Join us to celebrate by attending GLORYHOLE 2 - and to get yourself in the mood here's a clip of sex worker, performer, artist, musician & activist Despo Debby's performance at the first GLORYHOLE earlier this year! To celebrate we'll be tuning in to GLORYHOLE 2 - a night of sex worker story telling. Have a listen to award winning author, occasional sex worker, and professional weirdo Mia Walsch performing ear...lier this year. This story was shared at our first Gloryhole event on International Whores Day 2 June 2020. This event was a fundraiser for sex workers without financial support during COVID-19. You can continue to support this work to keep sex workers stay safe, housed and fed during the COVID-19 pandemic here: https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support Gloryhole is the online sex worker storytelling night organised by Debby Doesn't Do It for Free, the Australian sex workers art collective The next Gloryhole is on Monday September 14 at 6:30pm (AEST), live via Zoom. You can get your house a front row seat here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gloryhole-night-of-sex-worker- https://omny.fm/shows/gloryhole/5-despo-debby

07.01.2022 Thank you so much to everyone who has supported this fund by donating, sharing the link, telling a friend or in anyway contribute to this fundraiser You's support, means we can keep supporting sex workers who have not yet been able to return to work, particularly where COVID-19 restrictions remain in place and where sex workers are subject to penalties and fines. <3 After each week's pay out to sex workers, we go back to zero - and each week the fund has had considerably le...ss to distribute. If you are able to donate please do, if you are not able to donate please share with your friends and networks so we can continue to support support our community during covid-19 https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support SWOP ACT SWOP Vixen Collective Respect Inc

06.01.2022 https://peepshowmedia.com//earn-it-poses-a-new-threat-to-/ "Sex workers, survivors, and sex working survivors have been through too much to let Congress again pretend to address violence while instead increasing marginalized peoples vulnerability to violence."

05.01.2022 Scarlet Alliance Policy Officer Zahra Zsuzsanna Stardust presented at the Australasian Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM)'s Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference on Monday on 'Policing Pleasure: Sex Working through a Pandemic' at the Pleasure in a Pandemic session, alongside Dr. Allie Carter, Jax Jacki Brown, Anne Philpott, Kiran Pienaar and the The Pleasure Project. The business of pleasure has heavily impacted during COVID-19, and Zahra spoke about some of those impacts and what they show us about how providers of pleasure are positioned in Australia.

03.01.2022 This Friday 4pm 'King George Square' Meanjin (Brisbane) If you are not based in Meanjin the organisers ask that you: 1. Make the artwork your profile picture for a week (minimum) 2. Share and hashtag #JusticeForAuntySherry ... #SayHerName #StopBlakDeathsInCustody #BlackLivesMatter #AboriginalLivesMatter 3. Check in/tag the location King George Square, Brisbane City on Friday the 18th of September at 4pm when you post up 4. Continue to contribute to the gofundme and support the family in these trying times See more

02.01.2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CFgoLHhJ1K4/ "You love music, you pay musicians. You love food, you pay farmers. So why not pay for porn? Sex worker and sex worker rights advocate @msgalavanting tells us why supporting free sites does more harm than you may realise."

02.01.2022 Respect is hosting a free sex worker only mental welling workshop on the 19th of August <3

01.01.2022 SEX WORKER-ONLY EVENT coming up next week! Friday 27th November 1 - 2:30 PM AEDT Sex worker leadership in our peer organisations has been essential to advancing sex worker rights in Australia. In this workshop, we'll discuss the history of sex worker organising and leadership, the importance of building strong sex worker led governance practices in our peer organisations, and the responsibilities, benefits and and challenges of being active in sex worker peer governance stru...ctures. With a combination of presentation and discussion, we hope to offer an understanding of the basic principles of sex worker organisation governance and share some of the experiences of current board members in our peer organisations. If you are a sex worker, please register here to attend: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_My3YVpj4Sh-wZ6extQDwBA Respect Inc SWOP SWOP ACT Sex Industry Network (SIN) Vixen Collective

01.01.2022 Bella says she's often "faced stigma" due to her work, and understands the "difficulty" that exists in accessing services "to people who need it the most" within her community. "What people don't understand is that no one is forcing me to do this. I love my work," she says. Living with a chronic illness and having a history of an eating disorder, Bella reveals stripping has had an incredible impact on her confidence.... "It's a very unique environment. We all cheer each other on, and gas each other up," she explains. "I'm surrounded by different body shapes and sizes all the time, and because of it you quickly learn that you're hot!" https://honey.nine.com.au//c9e9fbd0-df08-446a-9452-decdd45