By Janet Duran
On March 3rd we honor our history and all the shoulders we are standing on globally in our quest for rights. Look no further for an accurate history of March 3rd and sex worker rights, than this posting by Carol Leigh of BAYSWAN.
The 3rd of March is International Sex Worker Rights Day. The day originated in 2001 when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a sex worker festival. The organizers, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a Calcutta based group whose membership consists of somewhere upwards of 50,000 sex workers and members of their communities. Sex worker groups across the world have subsequently celebrated 3 March as International Sex Workers’ Rights Day.
Live History Archive, www.bayswan.org/March3/
How will we celebrate this day in 2022? We have two ways. Want to chill, hear poems, a potted history and original music? Learn about March 3rd in audio form with this blast from the past poetry podcast from PJ Starr and NJRUA.
Want to get active in the spirit of March 3rd? This year we are happy to celebrate with the March 3rd edition of Heaux Skills with Jenna Torres and the BSWC. Want to learn how to organize around electoral issues? Then this March 3rd Electoral Rundown and Organizing 101 with Jenna Torres is the right place to be at 4 pm US Eastern.
