10/12/2025
The Professional is back!
Our historical tradition of SWOP NSW zines written, edited, designed, and created by swers for swers has returned, and we’re so excited to share it with you!
We’re proud to launch the September 2025 issue of The Professional: INDIE EDITION.
Drop into the SWOP NSW office to pick up your own copy, or email resources@swop.org.au and we’ll send you a digital version.
Submissions are also open for our next edition!
We’re preparing a very special issue marking 30 Years of Partial Decriminalisation in NSW, and we’re calling on SWers to tell their stories from this pivotal moment in our history, so we can honour them and keep them alive.
We’re looking for:
☂️ Personal experiences from those who were working during the turn of legislation in 1995
☂️ Reflections on what that era meant for you and your work
☂️ Any memorabilia, photos, art, poems, or other materials you’d like to share
☂️ Stories and moments that capture the working landscape at the time, wins, loses, big or small
☂️ We're also accepting reflections if you weren't around at the turn of legislation in 1995 and you have an experience SWorking in both a criminalised and decriminalised state
If you have something you'd like to contribute, we’d love to hear from you!
Please email your submissions to theprofessional@swop.org.au ❤️