#casual reminder that sw is inherently under the l.iom umbrella alongside k.ink & other minorities like p.oc & p.lurality etc

[ladyimaginarium]

Sex Worker Pride!

Sex workers were essential to the foundation of Pride as we know it today. Brenda Howard, Mother of Pride was a kinky polyamorous bisexual Jewish sw, and Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were also sws of color. We would not have our rights without them and we must acknowledge our history. The red umbrella represents the sex workers rights movement and protection, & we& always make sure to add SWOC into the equation hence the Black, Brown & Tan circles, especially Black and/or Indigenous & Native SW, who're statistically speaking the most likely to be affected by whorephobic stigma, which is why we& added variants with the sacred Medicine Wheel which is very common in many Indigenous circles as a way of healing, the second centering the symbols of First Nations, Métis & Inuit, an Idle No More symbol of a Native fist with a feather that acknowledges Indigenous Sovereignty and represents healing and medicine, a Black Power Fist that must only be used by Black folx, and a Black Power Fist and a feather that represents Two Spirits, which must only be used by Afro-Indigenous folx, and the red butterfly which represents Asians, Pasifika and migrants. The several red stripes represent sexuality, sensuality & desire; to honor those who died to whorephobic violence & STIs as well as homophobia, transphobia & overall queerphobia & honoring the missing relatives who didn't come back home; sws of all genders, orientations, ethnicities & backgrounds whether they're courtesans, sugar babies, escorts, FSSW, cam models, exotic dancers, actors, s.exual s.urrogates, whether or not they've been in the industry for years, are just starting or plan on going into it but can't for whatever reason, regardless of the reason why they started, etc., & hope for a better future.

Flags created by The Imaginarians Galaxy!

Disclaimer: Do not fucking remove credit from us& being the creators of these flags, you may add these to a wiki if you choose to as long as you consult us& first, do not add without our& consent. These were looked over by an anonymous friend of ours& who's a former sw and gave the green light. Do not repost or tag these flags as your own and please give credit if you plan on using these flags, if you want to make edits of these flags, please ask, but please no recolors. These are okay to use for "[insert character] is a s.ex w.orker!" edits & the like. SWERFs and minors are forbidden to use these flags. Civilians may reblog these for sw friends but do not use it for yourselves if you are not a sw or at least haven't considered going into it, please only use these flags if you are/were a sw yourself or at least have considered going into it, or are headcanoning a character to be. Please no discourse interactions on this post.

Tagging @radiomogai for visibility!