Author: SPOC

By Diane Walsh / Website Originally published in Victoria’s Lower Island News July/August 2008, Volume 25, Issue #4, page 17 Vancouver—For as long as anyone can remember Canada’s hypocritical solicitation laws have been controversial. Prostitution goes unchecked for a time—and for

by Gregory Beatty Escort agencies, like those listed in Regina’s Yellow Pages, operate in legal limbo in Canada. They provide prostitutes a measure of security compared to working the street alone. But they also rarely report bad clients to police

Posted by Jenny / blogTO / June 28, 2008 When I went to New York a few years back, my then-boyfriend and I went for a romantic Valentine’s Day massage at a midtown spa. Aside from misplacing our reservation, the

Prairie Dog Magazine / July 17th, 2008 / Regina, Saskatchewan by Gregory Beatty In nearly 20 years of writing, I couldn’t even begin to guess how many interviews I’ve conducted. A thousand?Fifteen hundred? Who knows? And not once in that

Shawn Syms / Xtra.ca / Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Gay men aren’t the only people officially discouraged from donating organs since Health Canada quietly enacted its controversial policy last December. Sex workers, prisoners and IV drug users are also subject

Shawn Syms / Xtra.ca / Tuesday, March 25, 2008 August 1986Two US men acquire HIV after receiving organs from an auto-crash victim. The donor had tested antibody-negative. June 1995Baseball legend Mickey Mantle stirs ethical controversy when he receives a liver

March 24th, 2008As submitted to The Ryersonian newspaper By: Jeffrey MacNeil, Margarita Awe, Tess McPhie, Titus Lo, Virginia Lang Ryerson University, located in the heart of downtown Toronto is the home to many students for eight months of the year.

ACTIVISM / While homos have made huge gains, sex workers have been left out in the cold Julia Garro / Xtra / Thursday, January 03, 2008 Regulation of sex has been at the heart of many queer struggles. From the

Julia Garro / Xtra / Thursday, January 03, 2008 Although it isn’t illegal to sell sex for money in Canada sections 210 to 213 of the Criminal Code make it damn near impossible to practice sex work both safely and

DAKSHANA BASCARAMURTY | Globe and MailDecember 21, 2007 (Please CLICK HERE for SPOC’s response to this article) An advocacy group trying to alert prostitutes about “bad dates” is posting personal information about men accused of abusive behaviour – but some