[SWAF-Potluck] Consultation on Impact of New Law

[Kerry Porth]

Hi everyone,

The Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform (national coalition of sex
work organizations, sex work support organizations and allied groups) is
collecting information on the impact of the new laws.  Below are a series
of questions and I'm hoping that people will be willing to answer them and
forward the answers to me.  I'll make them anonymous and send them off to
the Alliance.

This is so that when people are talking to the media or doing public talks,
we'll have some recent anecdotal information about impacts sex workers are
experiencing, if any. Please provide as much or as little information as
you wish.

Please feel free to forward the questions and my email address to anyone in
your network as we'd like to hear from as many sex workers as possible and
particularly independent workers as you often get missed!

In solidarity,
Kerry

·      What are some of the safety issues you face when doing sex work?
·      What is your relationship with police?
·      Have the police been hassling you and if so, do you know why?
·      Have the police been hassling your clients and if so, do you know
why?
·      Do you go to the police if you need help? Why or why not?
·      Where do you work and is that the place you would like to work or
would you prefer to work somewhere else?
·      Do you advertise and have there been changes in terms of how you
advertise?
·      Do you work with others, have there been changes in terms of how you
work with others?
·      What can you do with third parties in your place of work?
·      Have you changed your safety mechanisms since the news laws have
come into effect? If so, how?
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