[SWAF-Potluck] Consultation on Impact of New Law

[Andrew Sorfleet]

Hi Kerry,

My concerns are not so much about individual privacy. I trust you would redact identifying information. 

My concerns have to do with reporting how sex workers are getting around advertising laws for example. Or how sex workers are continuing to work cooperatively. 

Sometimes its better not to share trade secrets with your enemies?

You can't always trust allies not to do that! 😀
oxo

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> On Apr 23, 2015, at 7:19 AM, Kerry Porth <kerrylporth at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Good question Andrew. No specific details will be shared. Just general trends like "sex workers in Vancouver and Edmonton report a drop in income" or "police in Ontario have conducted raids on massage parlours" for example. All anecdotal and nothing specific enough to identify individuals or businesses. 
> 
> And of course, if people have privacy concerns, they don't need to share any information. 
> 
> In solidarity,
> 
> Kerry
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Apr 22, 2015, at 9:46 PM, Andrew Sorfleet <a.sorfleet at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Kerry,
>> 
>> Do I understand this correctly? The answers to these questions will be made anonymous, and then the answers will be made public, such as in the media?
>> 
>> That might not be the best thing for sex workers maybe. I'm thinking of things like publicizing new advertising venues, or typical security measures.
>> 
>> We have no control over who is delivering these anecdotes, how they are being delivered, or to whom.
>> 
>> Its just a concern. 
>> 
>> In solidarity,
>> Andy
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Apr 22, 2015, at 6:49 PM, Kerry Porth <kerrylporth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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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