Sex Work: A Legal and Social History Walking Tour

Following a sold out run of tours during Vivid Sydney in 2024, the Inner City Legal Centre is proud to present a second and final season of Sex Work: A Legal and Social History.

Red lights, late nights and neon silhouettes are the stereotypes that have long been synonymous with the sex industry, Kings Cross and Darlinghurst. Busting through these stereotypes, the tours will provide an informative and entertaining tour on the history and contemporary challenges of sex work in Australia’s most famous redlight district. 

Each tour is capped at 25 tickets as we will be moving through the main drag of the Cross and into the spaces where our tour guides have lived and worked and fought for a fairer and more civil society. It is through shared memories we keep our history alive.

The return tours will feature sex industry workers, lawyers, artists and healthcare workers including; Julie Bates AO, Chantell Martin, Kooncha Brown, Charlie Murphy, Alex Paradise, Joanna Megan, Katie Green, Vashti Hughes and Wendy Machin. 

The tours will run rain, hail or shine. There are a few flights of stair during the tours, however we will be able to make adjustments for wheelchair users or limited mobility on request. 

Please email iclc@iclc.org.au to discuss. 

Thanks to the City of Sydney Council for providing a grant to support the second season on this work.

Photo by Roslyn Sharp.