[SWAF-Potluck] news: B.C. micro-brothels thriving

[Mary Miriam Magdalena]

Thank you for all your work, everybody.

Is what is bring said here, is that an indoor location where you are an
EMPLOYEE is a brothel -- is this the definition of a common bawdy house --
but if you are an independent, indoor worker working for yourself, that is
completely legal??

Keeping my fingers crossed on those draft Vancouver bylaws, they are really
great, and of course the supreme court decision! Way to go team!

Thanks again!


On Thursday, October 3, 2013, Bowen, Raven <raven1 at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Hey Trina,
> I think Sue sent this to the First listserv. We've been raving about her:)
> Rave
>
> Trina Rose <trina.rosecat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just forwarding this (see below) because I think Sue sent it to me only
by accident. You're amazing, Sue. Thank you for all that you do. xo
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: susan davis <susan.1968 at hotmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 8:44 PM
> Subject: RE: [SWAF-Potluck] news: B.C. micro-brothels thriving
> To: "trina.rosecat at gmail.com" <trina.rosecat at gmail.com>
>
>
>
> tanx youse guys.....stay tuned for the city task force wrap up!! the work
on the task force is almost done and will soon become policy inside
vancouver. with the city and VPD on board as well as coastal health....we
are building a better tomorrow for our industry!! i feel real change
coming....the charter challenge decision should be coming down any time
now....
>
> we are trying to fight for sex industry community inclusion here and on
the prairies where forced licensing,etc. are already popping up but we have
a better chance i believe if we focus our activities locally, here in the
lower mainland. we have enough credibility to suceed in creating an open
and fair industry....i hope. crossing fingers....
>
> love susie
> ________________________________
> Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 20:11:56 -0700
> From: trina.rosecat at gmail.com
> To: a.sorfleet at gmail.com
> CC: nswp-open-discussion at lists.nswp.org; listserve at prostitutesunite.org;
swaf-potluck at lists.resist.ca
> Subject: Re: [SWAF-Potluck] news: B.C. micro-brothels thriving
>
> Well done, Susie. xoxo
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Andy Sorfleet <a.sorfleet at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> This article appeared on the front page of the Vancouver 24 Hours as
well. I can't figure out exactly where the story comes from however. There
are no research studies or statistics or police reports quoted. It's almost
like the writer invented it and called around for quotes.
> Susan Davis did a great interview that Monday on CKNW. She talked about
being really good neighbours and how Vancouverites (I prefer Vancouvereans
:^) are not naive and already know etc. and addressed the difference
between sex trafficking and working. She diffused any hysteria the article
might whipped up. The host, Simi Sara was good too! :^)
> Cheers,
> Andy
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> http://www.torontosun.com/
> TORONTO SUN
> Monday, September 30, 2013
> Jeremy Nuttall, 24 HOURS
>
>
> B.C. micro-brothels thriving
> [photo caption]
> Image of a woman peering out from her apartment. (Fotolia.com)
>
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> VANCOUVER -- A crackdown on Lower Mainland massage parlours has led to an
increase in so-called micro-brothels run out of apartments and rental
properties around the region, according to experts.
> Sex-worker activist Sue Davis said buying and selling sex is legal
between consenting adults in private, but when someone rents an apartment
and allows others to use it for sex acts as employees it becomes a brothel
and illegal.
> Despite the clampdown and closures, brothel operators are still willing
to accommodate sex workers looking for a safe place to work, she said.
> "Instead of being an agency owner with one static location you've got 10
suites where different workers go and make money," Davis said.
> Burnaby, B.C., RCMP Staff Sgt. Major John Buis said it has been noticed
-- unlike in d
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