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#SexWorker and Allied Organizations Advocating for Sex Workers’ #Rights & #Community Well-Being. Advocates 4 Full #Decriminalization of #SexWork in #Canada www.sexworklawreform.com
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Still time to register! Join CAAN and the HIV Legal Network for a community consultation regarding the tools that will be used to measure Canada’s actions since signing on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). March 6, 2025 - 2:00pm–3:30pm EST Register here: t.ly/NJwwZ

Police call them "rescue" operations. For migrant sex workers, they mean raids, strip searches, stolen wages, and deportation. A new book by Chanelle Gallant & Elene Lam breaks down how policing puts migrant sex workers at greater risk. Read an excerpt: breachmedia.ca/for-migrant-...

(1/2) They haven't posted much yet. However, I'd figure I'd direct folks to Maggie's (@maggiestoronto.bsky.social). Maggie's Toronto Sex Workers Action Project is Canada's oldest sex worker justice initiative offering wrap-around services to current and former sex workers: www.maggiestoronto.org

Join CAAN and the HIV Legal Network for a community consultation regarding the tools that will be used to measure Canada’s actions since signing on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). March 6, 2025 - 2:00pm – 3:30pm EST Register here: t.ly/NJwwZ

04 mars 2025 - 15h Abidjan - 10h Toronto - 16h Paris Contact: [email protected]

(1/11) It’s #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay! #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay began in 2001 when 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a festival despite prohibitionist groups’ efforts to prevent it.

It's International Sex Worker' Rights Day! ☂ Today, sex workers around the world continue to call for safety, justice and inclusion. Although sex work is not illegal in England & Wale, many activities associated with it are. Find out more: buff.ly/4id85xr #ISWRD #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay

Please share and attend if you can. There will be a lot of worldwide SW orgs sitting in on this ❤️ This event is being shared on behalf of @ bestpracticespolicyproject (IG)

📅 3pm TODAY! 📅

Bonne journée internationale pour les droits des travailleuses.eurs du sexe!! #mars3 #sexwork #IDSWR

Happy International Day for #Sexworkers Rights! #mars3 #sexwork #IDSWR

On 🅰️ABORSH🅰️ S2, E5 @cdnswalliance.bsky.social, the Canadian Public Health Association + social scientist Cecilia Benoit join @rachelcairns.bsky.social to explore how abortion & sex work both call into play deeply rooted cultural beliefs about female sexuality: www.listennotes.com/podcasts/abo... 🔶

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Licensing is often used as a tool to control & surveil #sexworkers in a context where #sexwork is already criminalized. Remove criminal laws against #sexwork then these convos might make sense t.co/ebJ4dNnWgm

With love to #sexworking moms. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#Sexworkers often harmed by Super Bowl sex trafficking narrative, advocates say lailluminator.com/2025/02/16/s...

We love you, today and every day, #sexworkers. Nous vous aimons, chaque jour et toujours, travailleuses du sexe. xoxoxo

Le 14 février est une journée pour se rassembler et se souvenir des femmes, des filles et des personnes 2SLGBTQ Autochtones disparues et assassinées. #MMIWG #feb14th

Today we launch our 2025 Workbook! We’re releasing it ahead of our global week of active learning – Trans+ History Week 05–11 May – to inspire the world to make space for learning the lessons from our millennia-old history. #TransHistoryWeek 🧵1/

With love to Black #sexworkers this month and every day. #Blackhistorymonth #sexwork

Avec amour à toutes les travailleuses du sexe noires de notre communauté, ce mois-ci et tous les jours. #Blackhistorymonth #sexwork

#SEXWORKERS DE #MONTREAL : NOUS RECHERCHONS VOS OBJETS POUR UNE EXPOSITION! Avez-vous un objet qui a du sens pour vous dans votre vie et/ou au travail ? Seriez-vous prêtes à prêter cet objet pour un projet artistique collectif ? [email protected] pour plus d'info #sexwork

#MONTREAL #SEXWORKERS: SEEKING YOUR PERSONAL SEX WORK OBJECTS FOR OUR 30th BDAY ART EXHIBIT! Do you have an object that is meaningful to you in your life and/or at work? Would you be willing to lend this object to a collective art project? [email protected] for more info

Happy Lunar New Year! L'année du serpent! #sexwork #snake #money #luck #thrive

Le 25 janvier 1917, 300 prostituées se sont confrontées au révérent Paul Smith, pasteur de l'église méthodiste centrale du quartier de Tenderloin à San Francisco, qui s'était lancé dans une croisade contre la prostitution.

2025 is our 30th bday! So much fun coming our way. Follow our IG @organismestella, Bluesky, FB & Twitter @amiesdestella 4 moments, events & our exciting 5 mth exhibition starting Oct. We hope 2C old & new Stelliennes 2 celebrate the incredible community we have all created. #sexwork #mtl #resistance

Depuis le 4 décembre, Grisélidis Réal a une place aux Pâquis à son nom, située à l'angle des rues Philippe Plantamour et du Léman. Un bel hommage pour cette femme, décédée en 2005 soit il y a presque 20 ans, qui a marqué l'histoire de la lutte des p*tes. #Aspasie #Genève ­

#Sexworkers may not be held criminally liable but we R still impacted by the effects of the criminalization of #sexwork. #RepealPCEPA #cdnpoli nowtoronto.com/culture/sex-...

Want to Make #SexWork Safer? Decriminalize It, Study Says via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2024/12...

On 🐙THE NORTH STATE🐙 ep7 @youcaughtscott.com sits down w/ SWWAC's @mskatesinclaire.bsky.social + SWAP Hamilton's Jelena Vermillion to discuss the impacts and privacy implications of Bill S-210 & the media's poor coverage of sex work: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... harbingermedianetwork.com 🔶

Tonight was so powerful - thanks 2 amazing & enigmatic speakers, a deeply connected & poetic host & the solidarity everyone brought. Thank U2 everyone who took the time2 come out & B 2gether, remember 2gether, and restate our commitment to each other. #IDEVASW #IDEVASW2024 #Dec17 #sexwork #mtlpoli

December 17th On this day, we remember the names. Those who have not been claimed and those whose bodies were thought disposable. Those we knew and loved and those not made visible to us yet. We remember and honor you #IDEVASW docs.google.com/spreadsheets... docs.google.com/document/u/0...

#IDEVASW #IDEVASW2024 #sexwork #Montreal #mtlpoli #RepealPCEPA

#IDEVASW #IDEVASW2024 #Dec17 #RepealPCEPA #sexwork #Mtl #mtlpoli

#IDEVASW #IDEVASW2024 #sexwork #Dec17 #Montreal

#Dec17 #RepealPCEPA #IDEVASW #IDEVASW2024 #Montreal #Mtl #sexworkers

Today is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers #IDEVASW. Ireland’s laws are fueling violence and endangering lives. #IDEVASW exposes how laws that claim to protect are, in reality, resulting in harassment, violence and even death. sexworkersallianceireland.org/2024/12/pres...

December 17 is a day for mourning sex workers lost to violence and for drawing attention to conditions—like criminalization—that put sex workers at risk. Here are some ways that SW allies can participate & offer support this year reason.com/2024/12/16/7... #D17 #IDEVASW

Tomorrow is #December17 the international day to end violence against sex workers. Read about the history here: www.thedecember17thproject.org/blog/decembe...

#IDEVASW2024 #IDEVASW #sexwork #mtl Travailleuses.eurs du sexe et allié.es proches : Rejoignez-nous demain à 17h30 au Café Ligne Verte pour une soirée Open Mic de solidarité.

#IDEVASW2024 #IDEVASW #sexwork #cdnpoli #mtlpoli #Montreal #sexworkers: Join us tomorrow at 17h30 at Café La Ligne Verte for an Open Mic night of solidarity

#Sexworkers! We have updated information on being stopped at the American border. If you’d like to know more, get in touch at [email protected] or drop by our office any weekday except Tuesday between 11-5pm.

Le 17 décembre arrive bientôt. Nous organisons un Open Mic [email protected] pour plus d'infos #IDEVASW facebook.com/share/Wbhxyk... #dec17 #sexwork #travaildusexe

Don't forget we are hosting an all day #December17 event on zoom. You can register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/december-1... #D17 #IDEVASW

Next week is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. We remember those we have lost to the ongoing violence and abuse that sex workers face ☂️ Tues 17th Dec, Piccadilly Gardens, 12 - 4pm with @mashmanchester.bsky.social & Our Room. Come by our market stall ❤️ #IDEVASW #IDEVASW24

Alan Young, a lawyer and legal scholar known for leading the challenge of Canada's prostitution laws before the country's top court, has died at age 69. #Bedford #sexwork #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/canada/alan-...

Today, The Neighbourhood Group Community Services (TNGCS), located in Toronto’s Kensington Market, has taken legal action against the Community Care and Recovery Act. Read the release here: www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/media-r...