Mindful Consent at SANF again in 2025

On October 28th, not pausing after Oz Kink Fest, I presented to another diverse community - the Australian sex work community, at the Scarlet Alliance National Forum.

This year SANF was held on Gadigal lands, after being held in Meanjin in 2024. From the Scarlet Alliance website…

“The Scarlet Alliance National Forum is the annual national sex worker-only conference. It provides an opportunity for sex workers around so-called Australia to network, share information and resources, attend workshops, and make our voices heard. The National Forum is strictly sex worker only, and sex industry owners, operators and managers cannot attend and cannot become members of Scarlet Alliance.”

Last year when I presented at this event, I really didn’t feel I had spoken effectively to the unique experience of consent negotiation that sex workers have. This year, presenting at SANF for the second time, I was determined to really hit my mark so I tailored new slides just for this cohort.

I had a positive reaction to my work, but also took away additional reflections from attendees that I will incorporate into my next workshop.

Thanks for having me back for a second year at SANF!