EVENTS | PROTESTER FAQ | VIDEO TIPS | FLYERS
SIGN ON NOW AT AcceptanceMatters.org!
SHARE WITH THE HASHTAG #AcceptanceMatters
PRESS RELEASE: PDF / Google Doc
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Sign on now and share AcceptanceMatters.org!
PDF Version: Full letter from AcceptanceMatters.org
Protest Time: September 1st, 10am EST (But start posting encouraging people to participate now, see the FAQ!)
Location: Everywhere! We’ll be trying our hardest to make things trend on Twitter and TikTok, but no reason not to post information anywhere anyone can see it. Please share the link along with videos about your personal experiences with banking discrimination and platform instability!
Hashtags: #AcceptanceMatters! Also, previous hashtags like #VisaVictims or #MasterCensors. Feel free to tag or @ any bank you’d like to talk about! This is an industry wide issue with discrimination against sex work and LGBTQ+ businesses!
Organizing Contact: [email protected]
PLEASE SHARE THE FLYER WIDELY
Pre-event Flyer: Uncompressed full size here
Today! Flyer: Uncompressed full size here
Flyer by Willow
USA – NYC
Protest Time: 1pm
Protest Location: Bank of NY Mellon HeadQuarters, 240 Greenwich St. NYC (Picture)
Notes: Bank of New York Mellon, which OnlyFans used as an intermediary bank to help transfer money from subscribers to creators, “flagged and rejected” every wire connected to the company, “making it difficult to pay our creators.” – BusinessInsider 8/24
Nearby Banks: Chase Bank, Bank of New York (on corner)
Organizing Group: SWOP Brooklyn has offered to take point and Maya Morena has also volunteered to help – NYC area workers should email them ASAP!
Flyers: In google drive folder here
Organizing Contacts: @SWOPBrooklyn | [email protected], @themayamorena | [email protected]
Sharable flyer (link to uncompressed file in drive here)
The following cities have workers interested in protesting, but we’re still seeking experienced organizers to help those workers not get in the wrong type of trouble! Please email [email protected] if you’re a more experienced sex worker organizer willing to help workers protest in person in one of the cities below!
USA – VEGAS
USA – LOS ANGELES
USA – Possible
Workers have asked about: Houston, Philadelphia
Press
Press coverage of the statement and actions (so far!)
Sex Worker Collectives to Protest Against Banking Discrimination Xbiz 8/31
Related / Upcoming
Sign on opportunity demanding accountability from Laia Mickelwait of Exodus Cry
https://twitter.com/DesireeAlliance/status/1430197449151291394
Sign on opportunity demanding apple cease plans to scan our phones:
https://act.eff.org/action/tell-apple-don-t-scan-our-phones