Canada

22 Sept Canadian Sex Workers & Sex Worker Activists in London

September 11, 2014 // 2 Comments

In December 2013, Canada’s Supreme Court struck down the prostitution laws because they are ‘dangerous’ for sex workers and infringe their constitutional rights. Given a year by the Supreme Court to address the issue, the government bypassed the ruling, proposing further criminalisation...

The Enemy of my Enemy… Why I Want to Talk with Abolitionists about the Cons’ New Prostitution Bill

June 6, 2014 // 0 Comments

Originally posted on autocannibal:
This is Not Feminist Legislation, and it’s Not Supply-Side Decriminalization For those of us who would like to see sex workers totally decriminalized within our lifetimes, the Conservative government’s Bill C36 – a replacement for the anti-prostitution laws struck down by the Supreme Court in R v. Bedford – was worse…