[SWAF-Potluck] Press Release: Red Umbrella March, Saturday, June 8...

[Andy Sorfleet]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

RED UMBRELLA MARCH FOR SEX WORK SOLIDARITY
SEX WORKERS, ALLIES, FAMILY AND FRIENDS STAND TOGETHER

Sex workers and their allies, families and friends are asked to come out
and support sex workers in their Supreme Court challenge, Bedford v Canada
that will be heard on June 13.

This event has been organized to show public support for Bedford,
Lebovitch, and Scott in their courageous fight against Canada's unjust
prostitution laws. In March 2012, The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld
Ontario Superior Court Justice Himel's 2010 decision that the Criminal
Code's bawdy house provisions are unconstitutional. Justice Himel also
struck down Canada's pimping and communicating laws.

The rally will take place at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Hornby & W. Georgia
Sts.) at 2:30 p.m. and the march to Victory Square (Hastings & Cambie Sts.)
will begin at 3 p.m. Participants are asked to bring a red umbrella or
parasol: the symbol of the global sex workers' rights movement. You can
dress up, wear a sexy costume, or  wear red. Media camera crews are
expected.

The march will be followed by a book launch at 5:30 p.m. (Selling Sex:
Experience, Advocacy and Research on Sex Work in Canada) and a film
screening  at 7 p.m. (Testimonial Cultures:  Visibilité & Sex Work) hosted
at Pivot Legal Society (121 Heatley Ave.).

The Red Umbrella March is part of a national day of action, with similar
events taking place in cities across Canada, including: Kingston, Montreal,
Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria.
Partners in organizing: Triple-X Workers' Solidarity Association of B.C.,
Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence, Pivot Legal Society,
Providing Alternatives, Counselling and Education Society, B.C. Coalition
of Experiential Communities, FIRST: Feminists Advocating for the
Decriminalization of Sex Work.

Visit triple-x.org or our Facebook event page for more details. Speakers
will be available before the rally to answer questions from the media. To
speak to a Triple-X spokesperson, call 604-488-0710.


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