No more sex in the park, in front of everyone

Would you have sex in public? Not me. No way. Consensual sex is private and great. Unconsensual sex is unacceptable and deserves to be public: very public. Bust the secret and you take away the power of the abuser or sex predator.

To support the ending of sexual violence against women and children, Imaginif and The Teddy Tour are taking our sex stories (tags on Teddies) to the Cairns Esplanade.

Reclaim the Night is an international, and annual, peaceful protest against men’s sexual violence toward women and children. Held every year on the last Friday in October, this year it falls on Halloween.  To highlight that women and children have the right to sexual safety, everywhere, Family Planning Queensland’s sexual assault counselling service has organised a free to public dance party in Foggarty Park (5-9pm).

Imaginif was going to host The Teddy Tour at Imaginif House, but, we have permission from FPQ’s Sexual Assault Counselling service to take the Teddies to the public Dance Party.

Come and join, FPQ, The Teddy Tour and local Cairns adults and children (child friendly event) willing to stand up and be counted against sexual violence.

When: 5 to 9 PM Friday 31st October, 2008 (Halloween).

Where: Foggerty Park, Cairns Esplanade.

Who for: Suitable for children and focused on children. The Teddy Tags are appropriate and will not traumatise kids. Sex or sexual violence is not talked about. We want supportive adults too, so if you are a Reclaim the Night supporter, believe in safety of women and children or want to stand against sexual violence, we want you at the Halloween dance party.

Why: To publicly combine voices against sexual violence. Good sex is private by choice. Bad sex is a secret forced upon people. Make bad sex public! Secrets are wrong. Come and read the Teddies story tags filled in by global survivors of sexual violence.

Reclaim your right to a night free of secrets. This community supports you in saying “NO” to sexual violence against women and children.

Prizes for the best dressed Halloween costume.

Family Planning Queensland and Imaginif support child protection and keeping kids safe.

Wipe Out Sexual Violence.

Are you a survivor of sexual violence? Male, female, no matter when it happened or what it was (touch through to rape), you can fill in an anonymous Story Tag and have a Teddy represent you.

 Fill in your anonymous story tag here
(names and emails removed prior to tags being pinned to Teddies)