June 9, 2026 - The occupation of Saint-Nizier Church by Lyon prostitutes was the eight-day occupation of Saint-Nizier Church (June 2–10, 1975) in Lyon, France by more than one hundred prostitutes to draw attention to their inhumane working conditions. The occupation ended on June 10, 1975, when the women ...

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 ...

January 1, 2001 - /// This article takes a look at ... the prostitutes from Lyon. In June 1975 they occupied a church for longer than a week to protest against police repression of which they were the victims....

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 ...

November 29, 2025 - The Church of Saint-Nizier (French: Église Saint-Nizier) is a church in the Presqu'île district of Lyon, France, in the 2nd arrondissement, between the Place des Terreaux and the Place des Jacobins. Its name refers to Nicetius of Lyon, a bishop of the city during the 6th century.

Mathieu Lilian. An unlikely mobilization : the occupation of Saint-Nizier church by the prostitutes of Lyon.

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.

January 27, 2026 - I spoke to “Evelyn” (who did not want her real name to be used), one of the original St Nizier strikers who now works in her van in Gerland. I asked if she knew that the St Nizier Church occupation was commemorated in Australia and across the world as International Whores’ Day.

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 ...

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 ...

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)

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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.

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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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