Sex Professionals of Canada
Amy Lebovitch traveled to London, UK and spoke to our friends at the English Prostitutes Collective. Click HERE for the conference site. Canadian sex worker activists speak out: Prostitution laws are ‘dangerous’ and infringe our constitutional rights Organising to win
Read moreSpeakers: Our Valerie Scott (Sex Professioanls of Canada (SPOC), Jenn Clamen (Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform), Heather Jarvis (Safe Harbour Outreach Project (S.H.O.P.), Lanna Perrin (Maggie’s Indigenous Sex Work Drum Group), Monica Forrester (Maggie’s Indigenous Sex Work Drum
Read moreSPOC has been working with other organizations (Press Release and briefs submitted to the senate can be found below) to have historical bawdy-house convictions of our colleagues expunged. On December 20, 2013 the Supreme Court of Canada found the bawdy-house
Read moreAt its convention in Halifax on April 21, 2018, the Liberal Party of Canada passed a resolution calling for the decriminalization of sex work. This is a first in the party’s 151 year history. We are very pleased with the
Read moreIn a deplorable and deliberate attack on sex work, Backpage was seized and shut down by American law enforcement, on April 6, 2018. This is a crisis for sex workers who rely on the site to safely connect with and
Read moreA constitutional case against the Orwellian named Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA), is now in its first court level. The operators of Fantasy World Escorts, Tiffany Harvey and Hamad Anwar, were facing 29 charges. Instead of capitulating,
Read moreCoordinated by No More Silence and STRUT No More Silence website & their statement: HERE Date & Time: Thursday, April, 2, 2015 at 12pm(EST) Location: Ministry of Attorney General, 720 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario. Cindy Gladue was an Indigenous mother and 36 years old
Read moreStatement by: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, COUNTERfit Women’s Harm Reduction Program (South Riverdale Community Health Centre), Families of Sisters in Spirit, Maggie’s – Toronto Sex Workers’ Action Project, POWER (Prostitutes of Ottawa-Gatineau Work Educate & Resist), Sex Work Advisory Network Sudbury
Read moreTORONTO, December 17, 2014 — Today, on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, sex workers and their allies want to send a strong message to Canada’s provincial leaders: Reject the federal government’s toxic new law governing sex work.
Read moreThe International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers is observed annually on December 17 by sex workers, advocates, friends, families and allies. The day calls attention to hate crimes committed against sex workers worldwide, as well as the need
Read moreDecember 6, 2014 With regret we report that Bill C-36 is now in full force and effect. C-36 is the Harper administration’s attempt to legislate an entire community out of existence. C-36 will promote violence against sex workers. Many of
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