sex work

Lawyers representing marginalized sex workers will argue existing prostitution laws violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms at the Ontario Superior Court today, October 4, 2022.

An alliance of sex worker rights groups is in Ontario Superior Court today, October 3, 2022, asking for several sections of the Criminal Code to be deemed unconstitutional.

This week — after a marathon three-day session to hear from hundreds of speakers — Vancouver city councillors voted unanimously to “decriminalize poverty.”

Sex workers saw their incomes disappear overnight when the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread in Canada. Now many are in desperate situations: in need of food, rent, basic necessities. Some are now homeless and without any income.

Recognizing that sex workers are capable of agency and independence in their actions is major... Their voices are often silenced, in favour of a condescending, disrespectful narrative that portrays them as either victims or criminals, writes Toula Drimonis