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Sex work

BDSM with an 80-year-old top (Part 2)
Opinion

BDSM with an 80-year-old top (Part 2)

Another reason to respect your elders

By Devon Delacroix
The other side of the West End sex workers’ expulsion
Opinion

The other side of the West End sex workers’ expulsion

Between their clients, the looky-loos and the sex workers, the neighbourhood was far from peaceful

By Kevin Dale McKeown
Why LGBT activists should care about restoring Canada’s Court Challenges Program
Opinion

Why LGBT activists should care about restoring Canada’s Court Challenges Program

Committee recommendations would present opportunity for more legal challenges to sex work, morality, HIV and drug laws

By Rob Salerno
City of Vancouver pulls plug on apology for West End sex workers
Power

City of Vancouver pulls plug on apology for West End sex workers

City’s non-apology at memorial’s launch a ‘betrayal,’ says UBC prof

By Austin Grabish
Police apologize for kicking sex workers out of West End
Power

Police apologize for kicking sex workers out of West End

New memorial honours sex workers for the first time in Vancouver

By Rosemary Newton
Sex workers to be honoured with West End monument
Power

Sex workers to be honoured with West End monument

‘It’s a powerful symbol of our community and the place that we had there,’ says Jamie Lee Hamilton

By Rosemary Newton
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Will he still want me if he knows I turn tricks?
Opinion

Will he still want me if he knows I turn tricks?

Romancing the whore (Part 3)

By Devon Delacroix
Meet the queer cast members of the Hooker Monologues
Arts

Meet the queer cast members of the Hooker Monologues

New play brings sex workers’ stories to stage in Vancouver

By Hannah Ackeral
Sex worker memorial proposed for Vancouver’s West End
Power

Sex worker memorial proposed for Vancouver’s West End

‘We weren’t criminals like they made us out to be,’ says Jamie Lee Hamilton

By Jeremy Hainsworth
Squirt pulls escort services from gay hookup site
Power

Squirt pulls escort services from gay hookup site

Pink Triangle Press will continue to support sex workers, says ED

By Nathaniel Christopher
A good judge, a bad judge and an ugly law
The Daily Package

A good judge, a bad judge and an ugly law

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell
The Rentboy raid was different
Opinion

The Rentboy raid was different

Money laundering, not human trafficking, said to be the reason

By Kerry Porth
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How much should I charge as a sex worker?
Hard Labour

How much should I charge as a sex worker?

Everyone has a price

By Devon Delacroix
Xtra continues to publish sexual services ads
Power

Xtra continues to publish sexual services ads

‘This is a bad law,’ says Pink Triangle Press president

By HG Watson
Sex workers hold vigil for ‘passing’ of Bill C-36
Power

Sex workers hold vigil for ‘passing’ of Bill C-36

New federal legislation set to recriminalize sex work

By Rob Salerno
Sex-work bill expected to get Senate approval soon
Power

Sex-work bill expected to get Senate approval soon

Further amendments to Bill C-36 unlikely before Senate passage

By Justin Ling
Male sex work exposed
Opinion

Male sex work exposed

An academic look at one side of the ‘world’s oldest profession’

By Terri Schlichenmeyer
10 things you didn’t know about male prostitution
Power

10 things you didn’t know about male prostitution

By Raziel Reid
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