SWers Built the Internet SWers Built the Internet was a part of Decriminalised Futures popular education series Lady of the Night School

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«Sex Workers Built the Internet»
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📼 vimeo.com/1053937209

🧵(0/8) Some examples below as well~ ^^

[A dark blue display case in the British Library containing a scroll of the interrogation of Eleanor Rykener, 1394.]

[Engraving of Field Lane, where Mother Clap's Molly House was located. It shows a cream background with a black engraving illustration from the late 1800s, depicting a street scene with passers by and a wagon.]

[A grey, stone plaque with a paragraph of text commemorating Gene Compton's Cafeteria Riot of 1966, dedicated in 2006.] Gene Compon's Cafeteria Riot 1966 Here marks the site of Gene Compton's cafeteria where a riot took place one August night when transgender women and gay men stood up for their rights and fought against police brutality, poverty, oppression and discrimination in the tenderloin. We, the transgender, gay, lesbian and bisexual community, are dedicating this plaque to these heroes of our civil rights movement. Dedicated June 22, 2006

[A black and white photograph of members of the Transsexual Action Organisation taking to the streets. They carry candles, placards and an American flag.] Transgender Activism. Angela Doubles (center, in dress), a transsexual woman, was an active member of the GL in Los Angeles, but she left GLF after feeling ignored and marginalized. Doubles went on to ound the Transvestite/Transsexual Activist Organization (TAL) in 1970. TAO fought against the categorization of transsexuality as a mental disorder and against transphobia both inside and outside of the LGBT movement. (Courtesy ONE.)

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«Trans Sex Workers through History»
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Unfortunately the lecture seems lost; but what is provided is certainly worth a look nevertheless~ ^^
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A History of SW Criminalisation in the UK A History of SW Criminalisation in the UK is a lecture by Dr Julia Laite that was a part of the Decriminalised Futures popular education series Lady of the Night…

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«A History of Sex Work Criminalisation in the UK» (roughly 1850–1950)
📼 vimeo.com/1053533730
Transcription:
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Archive:
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🧵(0/6) A few extracts~