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Sex workers and their supporters gather outside the Ontario Superior Court during the launch of their constitutional challenge to Canada’s sex work laws, on Oct. 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

Sex workers’ rights: Governments should not decide what constitutes good or bad sex

Laws regarding sex work should not be legislated based on personal moral beliefs. They should prioritize the safety of sex workers and their clients.
Being in a legal grey area means sex workers are at a disadvantage when they have been the victim of a crime or defrauded. (Shutterstock)

Halifax lawsuit shows why sex workers need legal protections

If sex workers have to pay taxes and have all the other burdens of business and employment, then surely their contracts must be honoured as well.
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino speaks during a news conference on the government’s plan to enable expungements for convictions under the Criminal Code for bawdy house, indecency-based and abortion-related offences in Ottawa in March 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Sex workers are left out in the cold by Ottawa’s unjust conviction amendments

Experts on the history of sexuality in Canada say recent changes to the Expungement Act don’t go far enough, and they urge Canadians to reject attempts to divide marginalized communities.
Margot, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, is important because viewers without much experience with fine dining culture, or who empathize with criticisms of it, can relate to her. (Eric Zachanowich/Searchlight Pictures)

Horror comedy ‘The Menu’ delves into foodie snobbery when you’re dying for a cheeseburger

The Menu’s real horror comes from the ways food, eating, and cooking lose their carnal pleasures under capitalism.
Members of the Association of Transgender and Hijra at Bengal light a lamp to mark Transgender Day of Bengal in Kolkata, India, in 2017. AP Photo/Bikas Das

Transgender women are finding some respect in India, but a traditional gender-nonconforming group – hijras – remains stigmatized

A sociologist explains that the ability to claim transgender identities in India may appear progressive, but this can further marginalize historically stigmatized gender-nonconforming groups.
Feminist queer filmmaker Lizzie Borden’s 1986 indie hit has been re-released by the Criterion Collection. Lizzie Borden/Alternate Current Productions

What the remastered queer film classic ‘Working Girls’ can teach us about sex work today

The timely re-release of ‘Working Girls’ by Lizzie Borden brings sex work into the public eye as activists in Canada prepare for another Supreme Court challenge to laws criminalizing commercial sex.
A billboard in Mounds View, Minnesota, put up by the nonprofit National Human Trafficking Resource Center. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Sex trafficking isn’t what you think: 4 myths debunked – and 1 real-world way to prevent sexual exploitation

Children are not routinely being snatched from pizza parlors and sold into sexual slavery. Sex trafficking more often looks like ‘vulnerable people struggling to survive’ through sex.

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