STREET SEX WORKERS AND OUR ALLIES STAND UP FOR FULL DECRIMINALIZATION OF OUR LIVES
March 3 2013 Collective statement
March 3 is International Sex Workers Rights Day, started in 2001 by Indian Sex workers union DMSC. On this day, we sex workers with street level experience and our allies state our support for the repeal of ALL prostitution offenses in Turtle Island/Canada, including section 213 prohibiting communicating in public for the purposes of prostitution. Like so many others, this law defines us as nuisances, not humans deserving of rights and protections--and as a result, over 90% of all prostitution arrests are under section 213. This especially affects street based workers who are racialized, Indigenous, drug users, mothers, youth, trans, migrant, and poor and who are targeted by the police for being who we are. These paternalistic and moralizing laws are part of a whole system that has led to a great deal of state and interpersonal violence against members of our communities. Click here for statement.
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