• SFC put the phrase "sexual freedom for consenting adults"
into the vocabulary of the British nation, providing freedom fighters
with an expression which clearly separates exploitation and abuse,
paedophilia and child pornography from the concept that adults
have the freedom to do, see and show any kind of sex which is
consensual. The phrase also promotes respect.
• SFC
responded to the Home Office Consultation Paper on Prostitution
with a Proposal recommending a respectful future for sex workers
together with increased efforts in controlling STIs in Britain.
This response was sent via the Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
MEP. It was circulated to a hand-picked selection of MPs, press
and the Greater London Assembly.
• SFC
contributed to the legalisation of hard core pornography. We continue
to campaign for the legalization of hardcore by mail order, and
for the dropping of all sex censorship.
• SFC
was a major influence to make sex clubs free of hassles from the
law. Although no laws have been abolished, sex clubs, swing clubs,
fetish clubs are now tolerated.
• The
SFC Annual Conference provides a platform for campaigners and
innovators. Speeches are featured on our website, which allows
interested parties around the world to read about their work and
ideas. The Conference also provides opportunities to network.
"The SFC Conference changed my life."
Maggie Allen.
• SFC
provides support to people who get into trouble with the law and
refers them to sex positive lawyers.
• While
the SFC exists, the Government, Home Office and police know that
there is force defending the sexual rights of consenting adults.
• SFC
delegates speak at other conferences.
• SFC
advised the Green Party on their Policy Paper on Prostitution
and the Lib Dems on their Policy Paper on Censorship and Pornography.
• SFC
published a campaign newspaper Consenting Adults which was distributed
at Erotica and many other events.
• Dr
Tuppy Owens spoke on behalf of the SFC at the Oxford
Union debate "Pornography is beneficial in Society" and
won.
• SFC
staged Sex Worker Show 'n' Tell shows at different events including
the Anarchists Book Fair and the Party for The East London University
Conference "Sex Work Re-Assessed" .
• SFC
initiated Prostitution Pride. A group of sex workers discussed
how they wished to get the laws surrounding prostitution abolished,
held a conference, and compiled 50 Tips
for Sex Workers.
• SFC
encouraged and supported Ana Lopes to set up the International
Union of Sex Workers.
• SFC
has organized the most talked about sex parties of the decade:
Arcadia. They were all-night pansexual fund-raising events in
large houses in Hampstead and in a four-storey Victorian school
in Stoke Newington. This School event started off the trend for
School Discos. Arcadia finances SFC campaigns.
• SFC
staged the annual Sexual Freedom Parades through London, de/ivering
petitions to the Home Office and Number Ten Downing Street.
• SFC
include disabled people in all our events and in all policy making.
• SFC
created the Sexual Freedom Etiquette Code, which has been adopted
in many sex and fetish clubs.
• SFC
initiated the training of stewards to ensure safety and stop unwelcome
intrusions at erotic events so that guests can relax and enjoy
themselves. The big charity event, The
Night of the Senses still uses the mauve SFC Stewards
T-Shirts for their team of trained stewards.
• SFC
created the Sexual Freedom Bill.
• SFC
supported the Spanner Campaign by collecting money in fetish clubs
and at Rubber Ball. Dr Tuppy Owens of the SFC became a Trustee
of the Spanner Trust.
• SFC
made Britain sexier.
