Today is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. I am doing some crip community care/solidarity for a beloved friend today (please keep her in your thoughts as she recovers from an injury), so I will not be attending memorial events or vigils. But I am thinking of all those we have lost in community over the years. I am lighting candles, mourning, loving in my own quiet way at home. I am absolutely there in spirit.

If you are the least bit inclined: Please consider checking out the work of Friends of the St. James Infirmary and the Young Women’s Empowerment Project, two amazing organizations working to make the world safer for sex workers and people in the sex trade. Give money if you can, or give energy & time, or just spread the word about the very important work these two organizations do.

I am praying for safety and for love for the living. And for safe travels home and, finally, justice for those who have passed.