sex workers

• ‘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
• ‘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
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• 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
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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
• 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
• Regina city council approves Body Rub Establishment Licensing Program

  Following a meeting that saw over 20 members of the public weigh in, Regina City Council voted to license "body rub establishment" owners and workers.

  Canada

  Sep 3, 2020
• ‘Glory holes’ guidance around safe sex during pandemic not a joke, says sex worker

  A sex workers' advocate says the response to B.C.'s viral safe sex guidance, including "glory holes" has been immature.

  Health

  Jul 23, 2020
• Amnesty, sex worker advocates call for moratorium on prostitution laws amid COVID-19

  Amnesty International Canada has joined a number of rights and sex work advocates in a lobby effort asking federal Justice Minister David Lametti for a moratorium on prostitution laws.

  Health

  Jul 4, 2020
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• Some sex workers’ income has ‘completely dissolved’ due to COVID-19. Here’s how they’re surviving

  Sex workers' rights groups have started relief funds to help offset lost income during the coronavirus pandemic.

  Lifestyle

  May 3, 2020
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• Juno Award nominee Storry on leaving sex industry behind for music

  Storry's album lands in the midst of a mainstream re-examination of how women in the sex industry are portrayed and received.

  Entertainment

  Mar 10, 2020