The 7th Annual Slutwalk in Queens, NY is a powerful public denunciation of all forms of violence endured by Trans-Latinx, Trans-Black, Transgender, and gender-expansive sex workers of color. This march also confronts the social and institutional structures that perpetuate and reinforce such violence. Condemning this violence is urgent because our society often justifies and normalizes the oppression of transgender sex workers of color, thereby perpetuating a culture that supports their marginalization both publicly and privately.

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The violence and persecution experienced by transgender sex workers of color include actions that result in death, harm, or physical, sexual, psychological, and symbolic suffering.

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SlutWalk Queens is a political action that demands the recognition of the rights of Trans-Latinx, Trans-Black, and transgender people of color. Sex workers demand immediate changes to the oppressive, machista, and patriarchal systems that render our existence invisible and threaten our rights and bodily autonomy.

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We are judged for being sex workers, condemned for making our own choices about our bodies and identities, and, too often, we are murdered.

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In New York, you are labeled a "whore" for how you dress, speak, or even for making up your own mind. You’re called a "whore" simply for not conforming to what society expects from you.

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As Trans-Latinx, Trans-Black, Trans-Asian, Transgender, and gender-expansive sex workers of color, we bear a heavy social burden and live in a system where our aggressors go unpunished and their violence is justified by society.

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SlutWalk has a clear objective. It’s not just about defending the rights of sex workers; it’s a public demonstration that reclaims the label of "whore" and the sex worker trade to empower trans sex workers of color. We assert our right to make free decisions about our bodies. We dress how we want, dance with whomever we want, act how we want, and work in whatever field we choose.

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We refuse to continue experiencing the discrimination, exclusion, and oppression that society has historically weaponized against us.

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The system punishes us for having the courage to decide for ourselves about our bodies and our lives. We are punished for not being submissive, for being trans feminists and feminists, for being independent, for enjoying our sexuality, for dancing and having fun at the disco, for dressing how we want, and for walking the streets. You kill us for being free.

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With this march, we reclaim the word "whore" and reject all forms of violence inflicted upon us because of our attitudes, appearances, and behaviors. No one should ever be raped. "No means no."