Sex Worker Conference in Chicago

The Desiree Alliance is a volunteer-based, sex worker-led network of organizations, communities and individuals across the US working in harm reduction, direct services, political advocacy and health services for sex workers. They’re holding their third conference in Chicago right now.

The line up of workshops sounds great, with sessions on topics including safety, identity, marketing, violence in the workplace, and more. The site also lists a workshop called "Adult Entertainer' s Guide to Disabled Customers – 2008 Edition” I’m thrilled their including disability and hope that they’re making better use of disabled allies than some of the stuff I’ve read on this topic coming from sex workers in the past.

All attendees are pre-screened and the conference organizers take the privacy of folks attending very seriously, so they don’t allow outside media. But they’re creating lots of their own, which you can track at their blog Bound, Not Gagged.

Find out more – The Desiree Alliance Conference and Bound, Not Gagged