By now you’ve all heard about the decision up in Ontario regarding the laws around prostitution. The Court of Appeal (largely) confirmed that several of the laws governing prostitution are not constitutional. So yay, right? What you need to know before reading the decision: 1) Prostitution is legal in Canada. However, so many activities surrounding prostitution are illegal that… Continue reading Ontari-Ho!: A Guide to the Court of Appeal Prostitution Decision
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Quote of the Week: Indoor Privilege Edition
Indoor sex work involves having access to the indoors. Do we not remember that this is an enormous privilege? An “on and off” sex worker for 20 years, Fleur de Lit, takes on the recent decision by Ontario’s Court of Appeals with righteous anger and compassion. Though Judge Susan Himmel of the (lower) Superior Court recognized… Continue reading Quote of the Week: Indoor Privilege Edition
Today in Questionable Strip Club Advertising: A Trayvon Martin Party
This was canceled. Thankfully.
Today in Questionable Strip Club Advertising: Recruiting High Schoolers
Emperor’s Palm Beach is advertising that they’re taking applications from soon-to-be high school graduates. Seems like a questionable strategy, since another location operated by the same owners was sued for allowing an underage dancer to work. It sounds like the club might be a nice stop for traveling (legal) dancers, though. An article in the… Continue reading Today in Questionable Strip Club Advertising: Recruiting High Schoolers
Report From 2011’s Sex Worker Open University
I’ve been a sex worker rights activist for going on a decade now, and I’ve lived in New York all that time. My focus in the early years was very local, meaning that I was concerned with what was happening in my own life and the lives of the people I worked with and cared… Continue reading Report From 2011’s Sex Worker Open University