http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/taxonomy/term/913 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/624 <p>Thursday night I was at a reception in honor of the launch of a new nonprofit organization called &quot;Sex Work Awareness.&quot; Formed by the amazing folks at $pread Magazine, SWANK, and PONY it promises to make truly important contributions to sex work advocacy, research and community organizing. I think they&#39;re definitely an organization to watch!</p> <p>And tomorrow I&#39;ll be on a panel at the <a href="http://leftforum.org">Left Forum</a> with one of Sex Work Awareness&#39;s founders, the seemingly indefatigable <a href="http://wakingvixen.com">Audacia Ray</a>. Also on the panel are some other sex worker advocates I admire deeply: <a href="http://ignaciorivera.com">Ignacio Rivera</a> and <a href="http://www.thetaskforce.org/about_us/staff_directory/sort_by_name/Amber_Hollibaugh">Amber Hollibaugh</a> also of Queers for Economic Justice and the National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce, and Antonia Levy from the Graduate Center at CUNY. Here&#39;s the panel info:</p><p><a href="http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/624">read more</a></p> http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/624#comments Amber Hollibaugh Antonia Levy Audacia Ray conferences Ignacio Rivera Left Forum organizations sex work Sex Work Awareness Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:40:58 -0700 Elizabeth 624 at http://sexinthepublicsquare.org http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/545 &quot;The oldest professional society dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about sexuality&quot; http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/545#comments organizations research Sexuality Research and Information Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:53:57 -0800 Elizabeth 545 at http://sexinthepublicsquare.org