Pop-Up Mpox Vaccine Clinic for Sex Workers
Pop-Up Mpox Vaccine Clinic for Sex Workers
Vixen is teaming up with sex worker-friendly nurses from Your Community Health to offer a series of free, confidential mpox vaccine clinics — for current and former sex workers.
What’s mpox?
It’s a virus spread through close contact (including sex). The vaccine helps protect you against infection and severe illness, and helps reduce community transmission.
📍 Where?
Vixen – 5 Merrifield St, Brunswick
(Look for the red door!)
⏰ When?
• Thursday, May 8 | 12–3pm
• Thursday, May 22 | 3–6pm
• Thursday, June 5 | 12–3pm
• Thursday, June 19 | 3–6pm
🩷 No bookings needed — just drop in!
🩷 No Medicare card required.
🩷 Free, confidential and peer-supported.
🩷 Staffed by sex worker-friendly nurses + Vixen workers.
Got questions or want to chat before coming in?
📩 DM us on Instagram @vixenworkers
📞 Call 9070 9050
💌 Email info@vixen.org.au
Pop-Up Mpox Vaccine Clinic for Sex Workers
Pop-Up Mpox Vaccine Clinic for Sex Workers
Vixen is teaming up with sex worker-friendly nurses from Your Community Health to offer a series of free, confidential mpox vaccine clinics — for current and former sex workers.
What’s mpox?
It’s a virus spread through close contact (including sex). The vaccine helps protect you against infection and severe illness, and helps reduce community transmission.
📍 Where?
Vixen – 5 Merrifield St, Brunswick
(Look for the red door!)
⏰ When?
• Thursday, May 8 | 12–3pm
• Thursday, May 22 | 3–6pm
• Thursday, June 5 | 12–3pm
• Thursday, June 19 | 3–6pm
🩷 No bookings needed — just drop in!
🩷 No Medicare card required.
🩷 Free, confidential and peer-supported.
🩷 Staffed by sex worker-friendly nurses + Vixen workers.
Got questions or want to chat before coming in?
📩 DM us on Instagram @vixenworkers
📞 Call 9070 9050
💌 Email info@vixen.org.au
Pop-Up Mpox Vaccine Clinic for Sex Workers
Pop-Up Mpox Vaccine Clinic for Sex Workers
Vixen is teaming up with sex worker-friendly nurses from Your Community Health to offer a series of free, confidential mpox vaccine clinics — for current and former sex workers.
What’s mpox?
It’s a virus spread through close contact (including sex). The vaccine helps protect you against infection and severe illness, and helps reduce community transmission.
📍 Where?
Vixen – 5 Merrifield St, Brunswick
(Look for the red door!)
⏰ When?
• Thursday, May 8 | 12–3pm
• Thursday, May 22 | 3–6pm
• Thursday, June 5 | 12–3pm
• Thursday, June 19 | 3–6pm
🩷 No bookings needed — just drop in!
🩷 No Medicare card required.
🩷 Free, confidential and peer-supported.
🩷 Staffed by sex worker-friendly nurses + Vixen workers.
Got questions or want to chat before coming in?
📩 DM us on Instagram @vixenworkers
📞 Call 9070 9050
💌 Email info@vixen.org.au
Pop-Up Mpox Vaccine Clinic for Sex Workers
Pop-Up Mpox Vaccine Clinic for Sex Workers
Vixen is teaming up with sex worker-friendly nurses from Your Community Health to offer a series of free, confidential mpox vaccine clinics — for current and former sex workers.
What’s mpox?
It’s a virus spread through close contact (including sex). The vaccine helps protect you against infection and severe illness, and helps reduce community transmission.
📍 Where?
Vixen – 5 Merrifield St, Brunswick
(Look for the red door!)
⏰ When?
• Thursday, May 8 | 12–3pm
• Thursday, May 22 | 3–6pm
• Thursday, June 5 | 12–3pm
• Thursday, June 19 | 3–6pm
🩷 No bookings needed — just drop in!
🩷 No Medicare card required.
🩷 Free, confidential and peer-supported.
🩷 Staffed by sex worker-friendly nurses + Vixen workers.
Got questions or want to chat before coming in?
📩 DM us on Instagram @vixenworkers
📞 Call 9070 9050
💌 Email info@vixen.org.au
Deaf Awareness Week: Sex Worker & Ally Auslan Workshop + Storytime
Join us for an evening of community, learning, and connection, led by Deaf sex workers.
This free event is open to all sex workers and allies, and is hosted by Vixen in collaboration with Deaf sex worker community leaders.
Date: Tuesday 6 May 2025
Time: 5:00pm–8:00pm
Location: Vixen Auditorium, 5 Merrifield St Brunswick
Cost: Free – snacks provided
Accessibility: Wheelchair and mobility aid accessible, Auslan interpreters, no flashing lights, plenty of seating available.
For more details or info, contact: info@vixen.org.au | (03) 9070 9050
Agenda
5pm–6pm | Entry, snacks and chats
6pm–7pm | Auslan lesson and Deaf Awareness training, focusing on basic Auslan (greetings, numbers, and sex industry-specific phrases). Aimed at sex workers who want to provide services to Deaf clients or connect with Deaf sex working colleagues. The session will be designed to inspire further learning and formal Auslan classes.
7pm–8pm | Deaf and sex worker storytime.
8pm | Wrap-up and close.
Facilitators:
Katia | Deaf sex worker, fluent in Auslan
Bee | A Migrant, Hard Of Hearing sex worker
Additional Deaf, native Auslan users and teachers will also facilitate (names tbc)
Workers' Pack Making
Help us make workers’ packs - sex worker supplies by and for our community! Or simply join us for a drinks, snacks and a chat.
Strictly sex worker only.
Call to Action: Stop the Raids!
Asian-migrant sex workers are being targeted by violent, racist raids under Operation Inglenook. From streets to brothels to massage parlours—we say no to cops and border force in our workplaces!
Sex workers and our supporters are invited to join us in protest:
📍808 Bourke St, Docklands
Thursday April 17 | 12:30pm
Operation Inglenook is a racist, violent campaign targeting Asian-migrant sex workers through workplace and border raids. We demand:
✊ No more racist profiling of Asian-migrant sex workers at work and at the border!
✊ End the raids. Shut down Operation Inglenook.
✊ Cops and Border Force out of sex worker spaces.
✊Full decriminalisation for all sex workers, including street-based workers—no exceptions!
The Lusty Lather: A fundraiser for the sex worker crisis fund!
The Lusty Lather Car Wash Fundraiser - raising money for the Sex Worker Crisis Fund!
1pm - 5pm | Saturday April 5 2025
Pony Club Gym | 488 High St, Preston
The Sex Worker Crisis Fund supports sex workers in crisis with the cash they need to access phones, credit, crisis accommodation, transport needs, food, bills, healthcare costs, emergency payments for rent and more!
100% of proceeds go directly to sex workers.
The fund is empty, so come get silly and enjoy a BBQ while we wash your car to raise money for the fund!
Sex workers and our 18+ supporters are all welcome.
Workers' Pack Making
Help us make workers’ packs - sex worker supplies by and for our community! Or simply join us for a drinks, snacks and a chat.
Strictly sex worker only.
Online Information Session: Joining the Vixen Transition Committee
Are you a sex worker with a passion for sex worker rights? Want to get involved to help shape your local sex worker organisation?
The Vixen Transition Committee (VTC) is looking for new members, and all sex workers in Victoria are invited to apply!
The VTC is Vixen's governance body, making decisions about the overarching direction of Vixen.
Send your expression of interest (with some info about your SW experience and why you want to join the VTC) to member1@vixen.org.au and/or come along to an info session if you want more details!
Online | 3pm, Thursday March 28. RSVP here for the video link.
In-Person Information Session: Joining the Vixen Transition Committee
Are you a sex worker with a passion for sex worker rights? Want to get involved to help shape your local sex worker organisation?
The Vixen Transition Committee (VTC) is looking for new members, and all sex workers in Victoria are invited to apply!
The VTC is Vixen's governance body, making decisions about the overarching direction of Vixen.
Send your expression of interest (with some info about your SW experience and why you want to join the VTC) to member1@vixen.org.au and/or come along to an info session if you want more details!
In-person | 2pm, Friday March 28 @ Vixen, 5 Merrifield St Brunswick
Catch-Up for Male Sex Workers
A gathering for all male sex workers and men who trade sex! Connect in solidarity, chat, and chill. Refreshments will be provided. Last Wednesday of each month.
Catch-Up for Trans & Gender Diverse Sex Workers
A monthly gathering for all trans and gender-diverse sex workers. Find community and support over tea and coffee, and grab some free supplies! Last Tuesday of every month.
Catch-Up for Strippers and Erotic Dancers
A gathering for all private and club strippers and erotic dancers! This is a space to connect and debrief with other workers about current events and strategies for navigating the stripper industry, as well as sharing tips and tricks. Every 3 months on the second Thursday.
International Sex Worker Rights Day
For this International Sex Worker Rights Day, sex workers are invited to come together and paint a community mural at Vixen ❤️
Join us for a day of creativity, connection, and solidarity as we bring our stories, struggles, and victories to life through art. Wear your daggiest clothes and collectively create a mural that reflects the power and resilience of our movement!
Here's a guiding question to get your creative juices flowing: What do sex worker rights mean to you?
Sex workers only.
Grill & Chill: BBQ for Street-Based Sex Workers
A free BBQ and catch-up by and for street-based sex workers. Hot food, work clothes, supplies and chats! First Wednesday of every month. Contact Rory (0414 689 424) for location and more details.
Whoredrobe Swap
The Whoredrobe is a community wardrobe offering free work gear to sex workers.
Come along to a swap and donate and/or find clothes, lingerie, dancewear, shoes, new makeup and accessories!
Strictly sex worker only.
Catch-Up for Private and Independant Sex Workers
A gathering for all private & independent sex workers. This is a space to connect with other workers, and grab supplies and resources. Every 3 months on the third Thursday.