Building Bridges at Sex 2.0
May 12th, 2009Building bridges and alliances between sex worker communities, researchers & clients
We acknowledge from the start that these categories (sex worker, researcher, client) are not monolithic, and that they contain overlapping segments with individuals belonging to more than one category with varying degrees of openness. In order to advance the cause of sex worker rights these communities need to collaborate, yet collaboration is made difficult by distrust (often earned by researchers who have not taken the time to learn how to be allies). There are excellent examples of working alliances, and we’ll discuss how those examples serve as models for other collaborations that can, over time, help reduce the distrust that has made good research, good policy, and good outreach difficult. Collaborative spaces exist online and offline, and ideally participants in these spaces interact as equals, each being recognized for the specific knowledge and skill they contribute.
Session leaders: Elizabeth Wood & Renegade Evolution
May 13th, 2009 at 3:22 am
I’m glad that the type of intelligent research discussed here is being conducted. By bringing understanding of sex workers to light, more than just positive attitude shift towards sex workers will result. Society as a whole always benefits when any prejudice is dissolved with truth.
May 13th, 2009 at 7:31 am
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May 15th, 2009 at 1:42 am
Thank you for doing these recordings! There was just so many good sessions at Sex 2.0 and I couldn’t see it all.