[SWAF-Potluck] Video launch for December 17

[Trina Ricketts]

Here is a link to the release on the naked truth if others would like to
share it on social media. Thanks Andrew!

http://www.nakedtruth.ca/2016/12/sex-workers-are-preventing-aids-not.html

Kindest regards,

Trina Ricketts
Mobile: 604-351-6301

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Andy Sorfleet <a.sorfleet at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> For International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, Triple-X is
> launching a video called Our Bodies Our Business which features
> prostitutes' rights activists at the 1989 International AIDS Conference in
> Montreal.
>
> This historic footage features Valerie Scott as well as The Scarlot Harlot
> from COYOTE San Francisco. I think it's a delight!
>
> Our Bodies Our Business can be viewed at: http://vimeo.com/195574653
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Wednesday, December 14, 2016
>
>
> VIDEO RELEASE TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL DAY
> TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST SEX WORKERS
>
> To commemorate International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers on
> December 17, Triple-X Workers' Solidarity Association in partnership with
> University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health will premiere
> Our Bodies Our Business, a video made from historic footage of prostitutes'
> rights activists at the 5th International Conference on AIDS, in Montreal,
> 1989.
>
> Our Bodies Our Business can be viewed at: http://vimeo.com/195574653
>
> About Our Bodies Our Business
>
> Our Bodies Our Business was produced as part of a recent national
> consultation on PrEP and sex work held in Toronto, funded by Elton John
> AIDS Foundation. Created by George Stamos with video shot by ACT UP New
> York filmmaker Catherine Gund, Our Bodies Our Business showcases activists,
> Danny Cockerline and Valerie Scott from the Canadian Organization for the
> Rights of Prostitutes (CORP), as well as Cheryl Overs from the Australian
> Prostitutes Collective (APC), Carol Leigh - The Scarlot Harlot - from
> COYOTE, San Francisco and Toronto activist Tracey Tief.
>
> Our Bodies Our Business documents the resilience, artistry and power of
> prostitutes' rights activists as they confront stigma and prejudice head on
> in actions throughout the conference, including conference sessions full of
> HIV researchers who study prostitutes. They challenge dangerous myths that
> fuel violence about sex workers spreading AIDS.
>
> Since the emergence of AIDS in the early 1980s, prostitutes, like gay men,
> were scapegoated for the spread of AIDS. By 1989, public hysteria regarding
> HIV-positive prostitutes erupted in several places, sparking calls by
> government officials for mandatory HIV testing and even quarantine, despite
> the fact that such legislation would contradict national AIDS strategies.
>
> In 1987, B.C. Minister of Health introduced amendments to the Health Act
> which enabled Medical Officers of Health to order HIV-positive individuals,
> whose sexual practices were considered "unsafe," into "isolation, modified
> isolation, or complete quarantine."
>
> In 1988, Ontario Minister of Health, Richard Shabas called for legislation
> to quarantine HIV-positive people who continue to have sex - even with
> condoms - or who share needles.
>
> In 1989, a study by the BC Civil Liberties Association documented AIDS
> discrimination which including human rights complaints that involved
> solitary confinement for HIV-positive prisoners, and quarantine of an
> HIV-positive sex worker in an emergency shelter in Vancouver. In Australia,
> Health Minister Peter Collins called for HIV-positive persons to be banned
> from working in the sex industry. This moral panic fueled increased stigma
> and violence against people working as prostitutes.
>
> About International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
>
> December 17, 2003, Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP-USA) held a vigil in
> Seattle, Washington for the victims of convicted Green River killer, Gary
> Ridgway, who murdered at least 71 women most of whom worked as prostitutes.
> International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers was started by SWOP
> founder Robyn Few and Dr. Annie Sprinkle to spotlight the epidemic of
> violence against sex workers happening globally. Today, International Day
> to End Violence Against Sex Workers is observed by organizations all over
> the world. For more information visit: http://www.december17.org/about/
>
> Our Bodies Our Business can be viewed at: http://vimeo.com/195574653
>
> High resolution still photo: http://triple-x.org/about/pr/
> ourbodiesourbusiness.jpg
>
> For more information contact Triple-X at: info at triple-x.org or call (604)
> 488-0710.
>
> Press release: http://triple-x.org/about/pr/pr-161215.pdf
>
>
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