Showing posts with label prostitution and child sexual exploitation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prostitution and child sexual exploitation. Show all posts
Friday, August 27, 2010

Creating prey for the next Pickton

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Our sex-work laws kill people. We had a reminder of that just last week, when Willie Pickton’s murderous ways were news again. Only th...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Why do we need to believe the worst about the sex industry?

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A new study out of Simon Fraser University concludes that people who buy sex are no more prone to violence than anyone else. Fewer than tw...
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Friday, October 09, 2009

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Pointless prostitution laws help no one but hurt many Sex work is back in the headlines again, and will be for quite some time with a consti...
Monday, May 25, 2009

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Craigslist controversy reveals foolish attitudes toward sex work My experience is that you can stop any conversation dead by trying to talk ...
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Monday, May 18, 2009

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At the request of the Times Colonist, I wrote a book review of former CBC journalist Victor Malarek's latest, "The Johns." Su...
Thursday, March 05, 2009

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If you see this Vancouver Sun article in YOUR local paper, please write a letter to the editor! I'm an advocate for the rights of sex wo...
Monday, August 18, 2008

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Oldest profession much like any business Aug. 8, 2008 The business of sex is surprisingly unsexy when you’re getting all you want, and our l...
Sunday, August 03, 2008

Five years of fair treatment for sex workers in New Zealand

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  Aug. 1, 2008 As you read this, I’m somewhere in Auckland, in the midst of an intense few days immersed in the New Zealand sex industry. ...
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Sunday, July 27, 2008

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Lessons learned from the brothel project July 25, 2008 It’s been close to a year since I started talking publicly about wanting to open a br...
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Response to Janet Bagnall on prostitution

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This piece of mine ran Monday, Feb. 4/08 in the Montreal Gazette. I wrote it in response to a piece by Janet Bagnall that had appeared in t...
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Monday, January 14, 2008

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Why won't we help sex workers before they're dead? Jan. 11, 2008 We spent $20 million to gather enough evidence to charge Willy Pick...
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Saturday, August 25, 2007

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Co-op brothel long overdue Aug. 24 2007 I’ve been trying to pin down the moment when I got so caught up in the issues of the sex trade. The ...
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Saturday, April 21, 2007

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Canadian sex workers deserve better April 20, 2007 It’s no surprise that federal Justice minister Rob Nicholson is against decriminalizing p...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

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Pickton trial no relief for outdoor sex workers Jan. 26, 2007 Today was going to be the day I didn’t write about social issues. Too much thi...
Saturday, December 16, 2006

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Sex workers owed decent workplaces Dec. 15, 2006 In its own small way, the police raid on 18 Greater Vancouver massage parlours last week ha...
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Sunday, November 12, 2006

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Prostitution and violence Nov. 10, 2006 The media came calling this week, with a short-lived and whirlwind intensity that I have come to rec...