[SWAF-Potluck] Red Umbrella March - Saturday, June 10!

[Andy Sorfleet]

Only 6 weeks until the Red Umbrella March! Time to start thinking about fabulous outfits and great signs!

DRESS UP! WEAR RED! HAVE FUN!

RED UMBRELLA MARCH FOR SEX WORK SOLIDARITY
Saturday, June 10, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
Vancouver Art Gallery, Robson St.

This year, for our 5th annual Red Umbrella March for Solidarity, we will celebrate 50 years of sexual freedom by commemorating those famous words spoken by Justice Minister, Pierre Trudeau, "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation." (Dec. 22, 1967)

It was just 50 years ago that homosexuals were subjected to arrest, public shaming and naming, and psychological re-education and aversion programs. Today, this is exactly what clients of sex workers face. (See, "'John School' takes repressive approach to sex work.")

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/john-school-takes-repressive-approach-to-sex-420691923.html

"What's done in private between consenting adults doesn't concern the Criminal code." (Justice Minister Trudeau, Dec. 22, 1967)

This truth does not change because of the introduction of money and gifts.

December 2014, Harper’s Conservative government replaced Canada’s old prostitution laws (which were struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada) with much broader new laws that make “Obtaining sexual services for consideration,” “Material benefit from sexual services” and “Advertising sexual services” crimes.

Clients and sex workers and everyone who believes in sexual freedom must stand together to demand that our sexual freedom be restored. Laws that make buying sex a crime infringe upon our sexual freedom, in particular, the freedom to set the terms under which we agree to have sex. March to demand our sexual freedom!

RED UMBRELLA MARCH FOR SEX WORK SOLIDARITY
Saturday, June 10, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
Vancouver Art Gallery, Robson St.

DRESS UP! WEAR RED! HAVE FUN!

Letter-size poster you can print:
http://triple-x.org/pdf/redumbrellaletter2017.pdf

10 Reasons Why Buying Sex Should Not Be a Crime:
http://triple-x.org/pdf/redumbrellaleaflet2017.pdf



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