I remember my first self-organised donor panel well. It was at the Global Social Change Philanthropy Conference in Washington, DC in 2013. I had just started work as the first coordinator of the Red Umbrella Fund—the newly established fund for and by sex workers. I organised a session that would clarify the distinction between sex work and human trafficking and emphasise the need to fund sex worker organising. We had a strong panel: an awesome sex worker activist, a knowledgeable academic, a passionate service provider, and a committed funder. I was, however, in for a rude awakening: even though the line-up was great, the audience was scarce. I thought to myself, if we can’t even get funders to show up and learn about sex workers’ rights, how will we ever meet the needs of sex worker organisations fighting for their basic human rights?

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我记得我的第一个自组织捐赠者小组。那是在2013年华盛顿特区举行的全球社会变革慈善大会上。我刚刚开始担任红伞基金（新成立的性工作者和性工作者基金）的第一任协调员。我组织了一场会议，以澄清性工作与人口贩运之间的区别，并强调需要资助性工作者组织。我们有一个强有力的小组：一个很棒的性工作者活动家，一个知识渊博的学者，一个热情的服务提供者以及一个坚定的资助者。但是，我的想法很粗鲁：尽管阵容很棒，但是观众却很少。我对自己想，如果我们甚至不能让资助者露面并了解性工作者的权利，我们将如何满足性工作者组织争取基本人权的需求？