sex workers

• SWAP Hamilton celebrates grand opening of physical space that provides support to sex workers

  SWAP Hamilton has celebrated its grand opening at a new brick-and-mortar location on Barton Street East, a place where sex workers can escape from stigmatization and vilification.

  Canada

  Jun 6
  
• Curtis Sagmoen released on bail again

  The North Okanagan man has been convicted of assault causing bodily harm and using a firearm during an offence, in cases where the victims were sex trade workers.

  Crime

  May 5
  
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• LGBTQ, Indigenous and racialized groups fear online hate bill may curtail rights

  Documents contain warnings that federal plans to curb online hate speech could lead to marginalized groups, including sex workers, being unfairly monitored, targeted by police.

  Canada

  Apr 23
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• Mounties issue another warning to sex workers about North Okanagan man

  'In the interest of their safety, we are once again advising anyone who receives a request for sex-related services in the area of Salmon River Road, not attend the area."

  Crime

  Apr 11
• B.C. lawsuit asks for removal of sex workers’ criminal records

  The suit wants the court to order criminal records related to sex work removed from police information systems nine years after Canada's highest court threw out the laws.

  Crime

  Feb 16
• ‘Reclaiming my sexuality’: How Asian women are reshaping their sexual narrative

  Throughout modern history, media portrayals and racist profiling have presented Asian women as hypersexual and submissive, or desexualized and invisible.

  Lifestyle

  May 30, 2021
• ‘I would have been found a long time ago’: Ontario advocates support for human trafficking bill

  Durham MPP Lindsey Park says Bill 251, aimed at improving police tools needed to investigate human trafficking, was debated for its third reading in the legislature Wednesday. 

  Canada

  May 20, 2021
• Sex workers call to be included in House of Commons committee studying Pornhub

  The committee is investigating the Montreal-headquartered pornography website Pornhub, which has been accused of hosting explicit videos of people posted without consent.

  Canada

  Mar 14, 2021
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• 30% of sex workers don’t call 911 because of fear of police: study

  A new study finds almost one third of sex workers unable to call 911 due to fear of police.

  Canada

  Jan 26, 2021
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• Families of missing women rally at notorious B.C. property

  The rally comes after a recent police warning advising sex-trade workers to avoid the Salmon River Road area.

  News

  Nov 1, 2020