Filed under: hookers | Tags: crime, international day to end violence against sex workers, sex workers, violence
Tomorrow marks the seventh annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, celebrated every year on December 17th; sex workers and their supporters, many carrying red umbrellas, will be holding vigils and demonstrations across the world to honor those who have been assaulted or, in too many cases, who have died during the past year.
The annual event began in 2003 as a memorial for the four Seattle prostitutes murdered by Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer; in his guilty plea, he told the court that he targeted prostitutes specifically because he knew no one would notice that they were missing.
From the national chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project:
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Filed under: people from rhode island, personal | Tags: blogs, me me me me me, providence
Tonight the Providence blogosphere will be turning into the Providence blogosnowglobe as the Daily Dose and four other blogs celebrate the holidays. I’ll be guest DJ-ing along with Eric and Kevin and between the three of us we’ll have something for everyone. Including the early-to-bed types, since this shindig commences at 8.
The holiday magic happens at the 201, located on festive Westminster Street in merry downtown Providence, in the vicinity of the jolly Dress Barn and the cockle-warming Design Within Reach. Like I said it starts at 8 and runs until 1. Pizza will also probably be involved, because nothing says Yuletide cheer like a pizza.
Also, rumor has it that some folks will be there celebrating the fact that a local boy made it onto the next season of Project Runway.
