Commemorate International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
Join community groups to demand a stop to violence and impunity!
December 18 4pm-6pm
Western Presbyterian Church
2401 Virginia Avenue NW
DC
In 2003, the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA in California called for vigils around the country and the world to bring attention to the sentencing of Gary Ridgeway, aka the Green River Killer, who confessed to murdering 48 women. Ridgeway said during his court case why he targeted young women working on the streets - “I picked prostitutes because I thought I could kill as many of them as I wanted without getting caught.” His belief that police didn't prioritize investigating the murders of sex workers was reflected in the fact that he wasn't caught until 21 years after his first killing. Stand with us on December 18th to demonstrate that you do not agree with Ridgeway’s sentiment, and to demand that violence against sex workers is taken seriously. With shootings, stabbings, sexual assault, and more happening every month to women, men and transgender people engaged in sex work in DC, it’s past time for something to be done.
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