Occupation of Saint-Nizier church by Lyon prostitutes

July 5, 2025 - The occupation of Saint-Nizier Church by Lyon prostitutes refers to the ten-day occupation of Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon by more than a hundred prostitutes on 2 June 1975 to draw attention to their inhumane working conditions. The occupation lasted eight days until the women were removed by ...

On the morning of Monday, June 2, 1975, approximately 100 prostitutes moved into the church of Saint-Nizier, in the center of Lyon.

September 19, 2025 - The church was in the 1970s the center of a popular neighborhood. Its presence was highlighted during its occupation by some prostitutes of the neighborhood in 1975 to express their anger towards police and social harassment.

May 29, 2025 - On June 2, 1975, more than a hundred sex workers occupied the Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon, France, marking a turning point in the global fight for sex workers’ rights. Their protest, sparked by recurring violence, police harassment, and the ...

A journal article by Lilian Mathieu which examines the occupation of Saint-Nizier church in Lyon, June 1975 by prostitutes protesting against police repression. It highlights the difficulties these politically inexperienced women encountered ...

French city of Lyon- took the step of collective action, occupying a church for more than a week to protest against police

June 2, 2025 - On the morning of Monday, June 2, 1975, one hundred French sex workers began a ten day occupation of the church of Saint-Nizier in Lyon. Their protest was against the repressive policies of the police being implemented against them.

June 7, 1975 - St Nizier Church (Lyons, France): Occupation of St Nizier Ch, Lyons, by some 200 prostitutes enters 5th day of protest over repression of solicitation by police; illus (M)

February 25, 2025 - As pointed out by Father Louis Blanc, the priest in charge at St Nizier when the strike took place: It is, after all, Mary Magdalene to whom Jesus appeared. Hundreds of sex workers occupied a total of five French churches during the strike.

On 2nd June 1975, around 100 sex workers occupied the Church of St. Nizier in Lyon, France, to protest state violence and police apathy and abuse. The occupation lasted eight days, and incorporated five other churches across France, before the police forcibly removed the workers from the building.

June 2, 2025 - Today, exactly 50 years since the St Nizier occupation, IPPF continues to stand in solidarity with sex workers of all genders who stand up and fight for their rights. On the 2 June 1975, 100 women occupied the Church of St Nizier in the centre ...

July 28, 2023 - Additionally, the church is significant for being the site of a protest by sex workers in 1975. This event, known as the occupation of the Saint-Nizier Church by the Lyon prostitutes, was a turning point in the movement for the rights of sex ...

This article examines the conditions under which, in June 1975, a marginalized, stigmatized population -the prostitutes of the French city of Lyon- took the step of collective action, occupying a church for more than a week to protest against ...

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Its presence was highlighted during its occupation by some prostitutes of the neighborhood in 1975 to express their anger towards police and social harassment.[6] This church has often been perceived as a place of refuge and hospitality in the city.