About DC Slutwalk

We are a coalition of grassroots organizers working to end victim-blaming and slut-shaming.  We are feminists, activists, students, LGBTQ, artists, immigrants, workers, musicians, poets, and more, mobilizing for the Slutwalk DC march.  We are committed to an open dialogue and democratic organizing principles for the Slutwalk in Washington, D.C.

Our Demands:

I.    Rape Kits in all health care facilities that receive public funding, including hospitals, community clinics, and college health centers.

II.   Defy Congress and restore DC funding for reproductive health services, including abortion.

III.  Mandatory and comprehensive LGBT training, sexual assault sensitivity training and domestic violence prevention and training for all DC police officers.

IV.  Decriminalize sex work and overturn the no prostitution zones which unfairly targets Transgender Women.

V.   Public awareness campaign about the rights of undocumented immigrant women to report domestic violence, harassment, and sexual assault.

Our Organizing Principles

Adapted from SlutWalk Vancouver

• SlutWalk is a movement to stop violence again women and specifically aims to challenge "rape culture" which excuses sexual violence through messaging such as "Don't Get Raped"--instead the message should be "Don't Rape!"

• SlutWalk encourages everyone, regardless of gender, to challenge victim blaming and to put the responsibility solely on the perpetrators of the violence.

• SlutWalk aims to create dialogue about street harassment, sexual harassment in the workplace, sexual assault, abuse and rape and the culture that perpetuates such violence.

• SlutWalk recognizes that sexual assault and abuse is not something solely done by men to women; girls, boys, men and transgender individuals are also affected.

• SlutWalk recognizes that no community is immune from sexual violence however women, women of color, sex workers and transgender individuals face higher rates of sexual violence.

• Slutwalk opposes slut shaming and believes that women have the right to make decisions about their sex lives and the right to control their bodies.

• SlutWalk stands for full reproductive rights and condemns the recent attacks on a women's right to choose in DC and across the U.S.

• SlutWalk is LGBTQ inclusive. We oppose homophobia and transphobia and celebrate all forms of gender identity and expression.

• SlutWalk is not about hate, and we do not use hateful language.