Sex work rights activists establish December 17 (or "D17") as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_to_End_Violence_Against_Sex_Workers" id="mwAXU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers">International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers</a> to memorialize victims of a serial killer who targeted prostitutes, and highlight State violence against sex workers by police and others.<sup about="#mwt86" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"}}' id="cite_ref-15" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_17#cite_note-15" id="mwAXY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAXc">[15]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"><cite about="#mwt83" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB6E"><a class="external text" href="https://december17.swopusa.org/" id="mwB6I" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"December 17th – International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers"</a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB6M">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB6Q">December 17,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt83" class="Z3988" id="mwB6U" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=December+17th+%E2%80%93+International+Day+to+End+Violence+Against+Sex+Workers&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdecember17.swopusa.org%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+17"></span></span>