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In 2016 we began to put the chapters together of An Untold Story, telling our stories and experiences of life on the streets and street prostitution. As a collective we wanted to highlight the multiple disadvantages that we experienced and what thousands of women are still experiencing today in Hull and the rest of the… Read More

On Tuesday the 14th, we silently held fourteen photos in Hull City Centre for fourteen minutes to honour the stories of the departed women behind each image. The fourteen women known to authors of An Untold Story who died during the time it took to write. It was the first time we’d ‘come out’ so… Read More

In collaboration with the artist duo Henry/Bragg, with support from LankellyChase, An Untold Story-Voices is launching an outdoor photography exhibition in Hull today – 13th July 2020, entitled ‘Absence of Evidence’. You can read our joint statement about the project here. The photos will appear on billboards, bus stops, large posters and parts of Hull and London… Read More

Statement: 07.05.20 As a local group with an interest in the equality and welfare of street based sex workers in Hull, we have been deeply concerned with the impact on women facing poverty and multiple and complex disadvantages, of the Council’s use of section 222 of the local Government Act (1972) in St Andrew’s Ward… Read More

                    Knee I can’t breathe When I see that fleeting judgement Before the polite smile. I can’t breathe When you tell me you want brown babies “not dark like you but, you know, a nice coffee colour”. I can’t breathe For fear of being too direct,… Read More

Lanyard I did a course. I know about things. I am a somebody of importance (which, by implication, means you’re not). I am part of the bigger picture. I can see the wood for the trees. I have the authorisation to open doors, access files (and stationary), go behind the desk. I feel safe and… Read More