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Grind the Vote Burlesque Show
Jul 1st, 2008 by Viviane
On Thursday July 3, $pread Magazine, in conjunction with SWANK (Sex Workers Action New York) and SWOP-NYC (Sex Workers Outreach Project), is proud to be hosting a burlesque bash and voter registration event, Grind The Vote, at The Slipper Room on New York’s Lower East Side, featuring Pookie Patootie, La John Joseph, Nasty Canasta, Bastard Keith, AuroraBoobRealis of Brown Girls Burlesque, Jezebel Express, Boobie Von Trapp, Rubie Fizz, Runaround Sue, and Madame Rosebud, among others.
Grind the Vote is a national effort, with events happening across the country. From Sin City to the Windy City, the Capital to the Big Apple, we’re organizing our sex worker electorate into a political force to “Grind the Vote!”
For Grind the Vote NYC, $pread has produced fact sheets summarizing some of the most pressing political issues affecting the diverse sex worker community, from immigration and labor rights, to health care and reproductive justice, and will be providing voter registration forms at the event.
WHEN: Thursday July 3rd, Doors @ 8pm, Show @ 9pm
WHERE: The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard Street, New York, NY
COST: $5 suggested donation
MORE INFO: www.spreadmagazine.org/grindthevote/