MrsSpringsteen
Blue Crack Addict
Wow-so they show their breasts and bodies for a living. But we are all just women period, end of story. And their friend DIED of breast cancer. To place that kind of moral judgment when such a deadly disease is involved-and it's not as if they are serial killers or rapists or something. I find that to be so very sad. It's a disease that is killing so many women, and we need to support ALL women in that and banding together to fight it. How offensive to the memory of their friend.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/02/08/bc-dancers-cancer.html
The Breast Cancer Society of Canada has rejected the offer of thousands of dollars from a fundraising group of exotic dancers in Vancouver.
Exotic Dancers for Cancer holds an annual charity event in memory of a former dancer who lost her life to the disease.
Last year, the event raised $6,000.
However, former dancer Trina Ricketts said the society sent her an e-mail declining the money this year, because its major donors did not support a connection to exotic dancers.
She says the society has taken the group's contributions in the past.
"I really feel that it's a strong indication of the degree of the stigma that exotic dancers experience when an organization doesn't even want to be associated with them for fear of experiencing the same stigma."
Ricketts said her group is still looking for a cancer charity that will accept a donation.
The annual event will be held next month at a downtown hotel.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/02/08/bc-dancers-cancer.html
The Breast Cancer Society of Canada has rejected the offer of thousands of dollars from a fundraising group of exotic dancers in Vancouver.
Exotic Dancers for Cancer holds an annual charity event in memory of a former dancer who lost her life to the disease.
Last year, the event raised $6,000.
However, former dancer Trina Ricketts said the society sent her an e-mail declining the money this year, because its major donors did not support a connection to exotic dancers.
She says the society has taken the group's contributions in the past.
"I really feel that it's a strong indication of the degree of the stigma that exotic dancers experience when an organization doesn't even want to be associated with them for fear of experiencing the same stigma."
Ricketts said her group is still looking for a cancer charity that will accept a donation.
The annual event will be held next month at a downtown hotel.