[SWAF-Potluck] Red Umbrella March Makes News!

[Andrew Sorfleet]

Monday, June 10, 2019 #RUM2019

Vancouver, Canada: 7th Annual Red Umbrella March for Sex Work Solidarity was a huge success again this year.

Over 100 participants took part in a re-enactment of one of Canada’s first prostitutes’ protests (June 8, 1984) by parading down Davie Street with whistles and noisemakers amid cheers from the sidewalks and horn honking from cars passing by, last Saturday.

Media coverage was very supportive again this year. Television coverage included a segment on the CBC evening news:
https://vimeo.com/341397192

Leading up to the march, Triple-X president, Andrew Sorfleet gave a live in-studio, candid 7-minute interview for CBC’s On the Coast radio show, broadcasting to all of B.C. and the Yukon on Friday, June 7.

Triple-X was also interviewed by News 1130 radio:
https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/06/08/activists-take-to-the-streets-of-downtown-vancouver-for-seventh-annual-red-umbrella-march/

The Georgia Straight featured the Red Umbrella March in two stories leading up to the event.

https://www.straight.com/life/1250496/vancouver-sex-workers-will-gather-west-end-annual-red-umbrella-march

“And this afternoon, Vancouver sex workers and their allies will hold their annual Red Umbrella march to protest Trudeau's inaction in the area that concerns them.

“The demonstration will focus on the Trudeau government's refusal to amend former Conservative government legislation that they feel is putting sex workers' lives in jeopardy. The protest will shine a light on why they believe that this law is unconstitutional because it fails to respect the charter guarantee to "security of the person".”
https://www.straight.com/news/1252136/justin-trudeau-really-progressive

The films were also a huge success! Working Girls was well-received, and was preceeded by a door prize raffle of Femme Productions adult films by Candida Royalle, donated by filmmaker, Sheona McDonald.

McDonald’s documentary film, Candice was the feature film at the Carnegie Community Centre, Documentaries For Thinkers program, Red Umbrella March Edition. Other films in the program Saturday night included, Prowling By Night (by Gwendolyn, NFB 1990), Our Bodies Our Business, (George Stamos, 2016), and Nurse Annie (Annie Smith, 1986). “Nurse Annie” was on hand to introduce her film.

Dozens of beautiful photos of the event have been posted on Facebook by #RUM2019 participants. Watch Triple-X social media for more photos as they become available.
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7th Annual Red Umbrella March in front of Pacific Cinematheque, before going in to watch Lizzie Borden’s 1986 classic, Working Girls rare imported 35mm film originally rated “Restricted” in B.C.
photo: Bill M. Powers




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