Since 1999 the Festival has provided a forum for sex worker film and video makers, since expanding to become a vibrant venue for performances, workshops, visual arts, political organizing and more, in many Bay Area venues.
Performance events include Gina Gold kicking off the Festival with ‘Sex Worker Diaries: Lusty Ladies and The Reverend’ featuring Julia Query, Simone de la Getto and Jana Drakka. Queenie Bon Bon, brings her solo performance, ‘Deeply Leisured’ on tour from Australia, opening with Lexi Lipstick in work from ‘Born Again Pervert.’ A Performance Workshop series for sex workers by Sangria Red, culminates in ‘Sex Worker Soliloquies,’ with Mariko Passion, Incredible Edible Akynos & Cinnamon Maxxine.Juba Kalamka hosts the $pread Book Launch SuperParty with music by Vixen Noir (releasing her new CD, Dangerous). Readers include Professor Mireille Miller-Young, who launches her new book, ‘A Taste For Brown Sugar: Black Women in Pornography.’
Community events include Sex Work IS NOT Trafficking, a community event on the increasing scapegoating of sex workers, youth, migrants, people of color and other communities under the guise of anti-trafficking. SWAG presents 'Human & Here: A Community Event Against Violence Against Sex Workers & Transgender Women of Color. Long running events include ‘The Institute of SexWorkology’ and ‘The Shannon Williams Whores Bath.’
Movies play throughout the week w/ a marathon sex worker screening at the Roxie Theater on Saturday May 23rd 'Born into Porn' features Nina Hartley. ‘Remedy’ explores the good, the bad, the offensive, the cruel, the hysterical, and the plain weird aspects of the commercial BDSM world without passing judgment. Screenings climax with pagan ecosexual rituals including Holy MILF. Movies online at buymybloomers.com/swfest.html.
“We are thrilled to partner with you and present such a high caliber of art work, social justice solidarity and consciousness.” --Láurá Salazar, La Peña Cultural Center
Since 1999 the Festival has provided a forum for sex worker film and video makers, since expanding to become a vibrant venue for performances, workshops, visual arts, political organizing and more, in many Bay Area venues.
Performance events include Gina Gold kicking off the Festival with ‘Sex Worker Diaries: Lusty Ladies and The Reverend’ featuring Julia Query, Simone de la Getto and Jana Drakka. Queenie Bon Bon, brings her solo performance, ‘Deeply Leisured’ on tour from Australia, opening with Lexi Lipstick in work from ‘Born Again Pervert.’ A Performance Workshop series for sex workers by Sangria Red, culminates in ‘Sex Worker Soliloquies,’ with Mariko Passion, Incredible Edible Akynos & Cinnamon Maxxine.Juba Kalamka hosts the $pread Book Launch SuperParty with music by Vixen Noir (releasing her new CD, Dangerous). Readers include Professor Mireille Miller-Young, who launches her new book, ‘A Taste For Brown Sugar: Black Women in Pornography.’
Community events include Sex Work IS NOT Trafficking, a community event on the increasing scapegoating of sex workers, youth, migrants, people of color and other communities under the guise of anti-trafficking. SWAG presents 'Human & Here: A Community Event Against Violence Against Sex Workers & Transgender Women of Color. Long running events include ‘The Institute of SexWorkology’ and ‘The Shannon Williams Whores Bath.’
Movies play throughout the week w/ a marathon sex worker screening at the Roxie Theater on Saturday May 23rd 'Born into Porn' features Nina Hartley. ‘Remedy’ explores the good, the bad, the offensive, the cruel, the hysterical, and the plain weird aspects of the commercial BDSM world without passing judgment. Screenings climax with pagan ecosexual rituals including Holy MILF. Movies online at buymybloomers.com/swfest.html.
“We are thrilled to partner with you and present such a high caliber of art work, social justice solidarity and consciousness.” --Láurá Salazar, La Peña Cultural Center
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