Sydney sex workers 'Ivy' (C) and 'Mish' (R) celebrate International Whores Day in Sydney on June 2, 2009. Sex workers angry at the cost of advertising in local papers staged a protest outside the New South Wales parliament. International Whores day, held on the second of June, commemorates the day in 1975 when a group of sex workers staged a sit-in at a church in Lyon, France to protest discrimination against sex workers TOPSHOTS. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

Sydney sex workers 'Ivy' (C) and 'Mish' (R) celebrate International Whores Day in Sydney on June 2, 2009. Sex workers angry at the cost of advertising in local papers staged a protest outside the New South Wales parliament. International Whores day, held on the second of June, commemorates the day in 1975 when a group of sex workers staged a sit-in at a church in Lyon, France to protest discrimination against sex workers TOPSHOTS.

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