Derided, defaced and even decapitated, Loui Fraser’s sex worker sculpture “Joy” was eventually hounded out of Darlinghurst in the 1990s. Now she’s coming back.
Named Joy, the sculpture was created by Loui Fraser as a tribute to women and to the history of East Sydney. She was, in fact, the world’s first statue of a sex worker on public display. The statue also pays homage to NSW, which was the first state in the world to decriminalise sex work.
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Two years ago, Perth was ranked sixth on the World’s Most Liveable City, but a Lead Urban Designer at Hatch RobertsDay believes the city of lights should not be resting on its laurels.