Today has been designated the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, and to mark this important and necessary day ManyVids is relaunching its #WeAreMany project. #WeAreMany is an awareness campaign created by ManyVids to make the sex industry a safer place. The campaign emphasizes the fight to end sexual violence, harassment, victim blaming, online bullying, and slut-shaming, while also normalizing and empowering sex work and sex workers. ManyVids wants to encourage content creators and their fans to stand together and speak out against abuse with one voice.
Members of the sex industry are especially vulnerable to systematic abuse that often goes unreported, uninvestigated, and unpunished. The stigma of sex work makes it difficult for victims to be taken seriously by employers, peers and the legal system. #WeAreMany is ManyVids’ rallying anthem to any who feel marginalized and victimized: you are not alone and there is strength and solidarity in the collective power of our movement.
The #WeAreMany campaign invites all who support it to join the fight by putting a red lipstick badge of courage on their face. Red lipstick has long been associated with sex workers and sexuality, and the campaign has adopted the lipstick face mark as a fierce and courageous symbol patterned after the black stripes athletes wear on their face to protect them from the glare on the field. #WeAreMany’s symbol is red stripes–protecting sex workers from the glare of a judgmental society as they perform on their playing field.
There is strength in numbers, so the campaign is asking for everyone’s help. To end abuse in the sex industry, here's how to get involved:
- Retweet the #WeAreMany vid campaign pinned on our @ManyVids Twitter.
- Join the fight by putting a red lipstick badge of courage on your face and sharing a pic or vid of yourself on social media.
- Do you want to keep the conversation going? Invite your sex worker friends to join the #WeAreMany movement! Nominate two friends to join the campaign by using the #WeAreMany hashtag and the following text: “Join the movement to end sex abuse. I invite @[name] and @[name] to fight with me. Let’s do it together! #WeAreMany.”
Because of the stigma about the adult industry, many adult performers don’t have a lot of places they can turn to for help. The MV Hotline is there for just that reason. It’s a place that any MV star can speak to anonymous, confidential, and judgment-free listeners.For support or just a need to talk, call the MV Hotline at 1-888-350-3051.
The MV Hotline is open 7 days a week, 9 AM – 10 PM ET. If the MV Hotline isn’t open when needed it, email them at [email protected]. If it’s a major emergency, please call 911 or head to your nearest hospital’s emergency room.
