Maggie's: Toronto Sex Workers Action Project
526 Richmond Street East, 1st floor M5A 1R3 Toronto, ON, Canada

Those groups include Black Lives Matter and the Sex Workers Advisory Network of Sudbury, which feel she's exploiting the vulnerable. They have posted demands on social media that the video be taken down.

Laura Winters, executive director of the St. John’s Status of Women Council, says the partnership was intended to improve relationships between the police and sex workers. She says that intention hasn’t been met. It hasn’t resulted in improved conditions for the people SHOP serves. So at this point we thought let's redirect our efforts towards supporting people in the sex industry which is what SHOP does and stop putting that effort into this relationship that really is not having fruitful outcomes for us, said Winters.

Coco should be alive today. Now more than ever we must #SayHerName, demand justice for Coco and follow Black trans leadership in all that we do to push for abolition and community safety. Black trans lives matter. ... Coco's life matters. Sign on to our statement with Black Lives Matter - Toronto at bit.ly/justiceforcoco

Our very own Monica Forrester is the ED of Trans Pride Toronto-Transition Together and shares her thoughts on the Trans Day of Remembrance- remembering those we've lost and speaking to what our city must do to address the epidemic of violence against trans communities. <3

Our Friday line-up is stacked with queer, Black artists + entertainers! Get tickets at bit.ly/freaknasty and head to @THESTRAPHOUSE_ on IG to meet the talent! <3

Our COVID-19 Black Sex Worker Emergency Support Fund has reached 100 Black sex workers across Toronto and the GTA! As Toronto moves into lockdown for a second time, we need your help to reach 100 new applicants to the fund! Give at maggiesto.org/donate... Learn at maggiesto.org/blacklivesmatter See more

You have less than one week to get tickets to STRIPPED - HOUSE OF WHORE-HER on Halloween night! Our first collaboration with Strapped.to is an all-Black strip tease and virtual club celebrating Black sex workers. Tickets at bit.ly/houseofwhoreher

We are looking to feature performers & DJs from our community at our virtual show in recognition of the International Day to End Violence Against Sex workers. This is a paid opportunity & performances can be anything from dancing, spoken word, singing, to other demonstrations that celebrate sex workers & our movement! Thursday, December 17th... 8pm - 11pm (EST) Please contact us at [email protected] See more

"My experience as a survivor of intimate partner and gender-based violence, moreover, has taught me that the police cannot protect us and that the struggle to end violence cannot be found within punitive and carceral systems."

Dec 17, 2020 is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Please save the date to join our community in honouring our on-going struggle for justice and rights for all sex workers. More details to follow about our virtual event!

"When the pandemic first hit, establishments such as strip clubs, massage parlours and escort agencies, were forced to close, and independent escorts were constrained from offering sexual services in their work studios or own homes. While some of them have managed to move their work online, others struggle to stay afloat in the pandemic climate. Despite major job loss on all fronts, sex workers have been unlikely to access Employment Insurance or the Canada Emergency Relief Benefit."

Online Safety & Privacy Tools for Sex Workers Facilitator: DeLaine Date: Tues Dec 1st, 2020... Time: 6pm 7:30pm DeLaine will be helping us to navigate safety and privacy while doing online sex work. We will be discussing: -VPNs - why they're important, how to pick one & an easy how-to -Safely using social media - keeping work & real life safely separated -Configuring app and device settings to protect privacy For more info on our host, DeLaine, please check out https://twitter.com/delaineinla Zoom Registration Link: Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZ0ucu6ppz4pH9OAuQmj2Gt_jzGS8bzTh After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please contact Program Manager, Jennifer Porter at [email protected] for more information. #sexworkhistory #sexworkersrights #sexwork #sexworkisrealwork #repealpcepa #repealc36 #c36 #ally #activist #decrim #decriminalization #rightsnotrescue #decrimnow #stigmakills #idevasw #sexworkerpride #toronto #humanrights #socialjustice #feminist #maggiestoronto #topoli #stripper #yesastripper #migrantjustice #blacklivesmatter #blacktranslivesmatter #statusforall #defundthepolice #history

THIS YEAR 2020, LET’S REMEMBER THE LIVES WE LOST IN TORONTO: Julie Berman Dec 2019 murdered Coco Ritchie Oct 2020 death police custody/ undetermined... REMEMBER THE LIVES WE LOST IN THE YEARS PAST: Alloura Wells July 2017 death undetermined Cassandra Do 2004 murdered Chirvana Abdi 2004 died in police custody Deanna Wilkinson 1996 murdered Teagan 1996 murdered Candace Baxter 1992 murdered Lisa Black 1987 murdered ( no pic) See more

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Oh no! Dr Wallace died. I just found out from a member of the 1989 PONY Coordinating Cttee! Joyce Wallace came to our first big PONY meeting in the fall of '89.... A few members were bristling. She was in fact the most visible representative of "the establishment" at that meeting. But she was ours to bristle over, one part of our crazy quilt that includes both service and provocation. Her daughter Julia Query made a brilliant film (with Vicki Funari) LIVE NUDE GIRLS UNITE! in which we see those tensions up close. It's a wonderful doc, funny and heartwarming, everyone should see it to get a sense of Joyce Wallace. Her project was called Foundation for Research on Sexually Transmitted Diseases. FROSTD aka "frosted." At one point I heard it was being renamed "From Our Streets with Dignity" (still FROSTD with a different look) -- not sure what happened there. Until I read the NY Times obit, I didn't know much about her past. Turns out Dr Wallace published one of the first reports on HIV ... in the summer of 1981. That sent a bittersweet pang through my heart. Joyce Wallace was integral to the life of PONY and the New York sex worker community. She was down to earth, quirky and not always PC. Many PONY members worked with Dr Wallace and FROSTD over the years. There's even a subplot in one of my novels inspired by the FROSTD outreach van. With affection and fond memories.

SWOP Behind Bars (SBB) caught up with Donah Sandford regarding her federal case against Missouri law enforcement, where former police officer Leon Pullen eventually pleaded guilty to robbing and sexually assaulting escorts while on patrol. Previously interviewed by FOX Files investigator Chris Hayes, Donah Sandford shares the full story with SWOP Behind Bars (SBB) of her 2009 experience with misappropriation of power by law enforcement in St. Louis, Missouri.

Fantastic resources from member group SWAN Vancouver that bust open myths about anti-trafficking movements and provide insight into how you can actually help, not harm. https://www.swanvancouver.ca/harms-of-anti-trafficking

Our new set of infographics, produced in partnership with the Global Network of Sex Work Projects, examines the human rights violations behind ‘End Demand’ laws.... Although the negative effects of these laws are well documented, they continue to be presented as a progressive response to trafficking and sex work. ‘End Demand’ laws have serious repercussions for sex workers in the areas of policing, access to services, safety at work, migration, trafficking and stigma. In their engagements with the #CEDAW Committee, sex workers from around the world have made enormous efforts to highlight the negative impact of ‘End Demand’ on their own lives. This week, the Committee will adopt a General Recommendation on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration. We hope it will reflect the lived realities of sex workers and contribute to ending the harm caused by ‘End Demand’. If the General Recommendation instead takes an 'End Demand' approach, this will serve to legitimise rights violations against sex workers, which is antithetical to the spirit of CEDAW. View our full set of infographics here: https://www.iwraw-ap.org//the-human-rights-violations-beh/ The FACT Manifesto offers a rights-based alternative to harmful anti-trafficking approaches: https://www.iwraw-ap.org/fact/

Day 3 of Counting Sex Workers In! and we want to focus on how discrimination & stigma against sex workers generates #violence & limits sex workers' access t...o justice, further exacerbated by #criminalization of #sexwork. #SexWorkersCount Learn more and download our #factsheet at https://rb.gy/odakby

Counting Sex Workers In! What is the far-reaching impact of laws governing sex work? Why is criminalisation of sex work harmful and devastating for #SexWorkersR...ights? On day 2 of our campaign, we want to draw your attention to variety of legal models in place for regulating #SexWork across the world through this fact sheet developed by #CountMeIn! - https://rb.gy/ewvpjh #SexWorkersCount

Discrimination and stigma against sex workers generates violence and limits sex workers' access to justice. Access the full factsheet on violence and sex work h...ere: https://www.mamacash.org//factsheets/cmi_violence_final.pdf #sexworkerscount #sexworkiswork CREAAWIDMama CashUrgent Action Fund-AfricaWo=MenJASS

"Counting Sex Workers In!" Campaign October 26-November 10 Day3 "To a large extent, the violence in the lives of sex workers is created by the conditions of cr...iminalisation" Check the factsheet on violence here: https://www.mamacash.org//factsheets/cmi_violence_final.pdf #sexworkerscount #decrimsw #sexworkiswork Mama CashJASSUrgent Action FundWo=MenAWID

As per our second day of the Count Me In Consortium Campaign, we are calling your attention on the intersection of sex work and the law. These teasers are fragm...ents taken from 7 factsheets produced originally for the campaign. Access to the factsheet here, it is downloadable and shareable: https://www.mamacash.org//cmi_/factsheets/cmi_law_final.pdf There are no bad workers, only bad laws. #sexworkerscount Mama CashAWIDJASSUrgent Action FundWo=MenAWID

Dr. Joyce Wallace, founder of a medical service and Iris House for women who sold sex on NYC streets, has died. Iris House is named for Iris Delacruz, co-founder of Prostitutes of New York who died of complications of HIV. Thank you, Tracy Quan for letting me know.

Get your tickets to our House of Whore-Her ASAP at bit.ly/houseofwhoreher! Be ready to #OpenYourPurse and tip the talent!

"Stories of young women paying their way through school with sex work are nothing new, but in the seven months since the WHO declared the coronavirus to be a pandemic, online sex work often left out of discussions of ride-hailing and food delivery apps has become an increasingly mainstream facet of the gig economy, and people like Clara say the risks are worth it to keep themselves afloat."

While overdoses are a medical emergency, police are often attending overdose scenes with negative consequences for people who use drugs despite the fact that police presence has not been requested nor is it warranted. Full comic: http://www.hivlegalnetwork.ca//comic-no-police-at-overdo/