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RT @PaceSociety: Black people have always been at the forefront of the fight for s*x workers' rights. Black s*x workers' voices deserve t….

“Because the community that we support are within the intersections of sex work, race, gender and also potentially precarious status with immigration, or migration status, there are many different challenges they face when accessing health care. ”

天鹅祝您们蛇年吉祥 ，事事顺心，身体健康! SWAN wishes you good luck, success and good health in the Year of the Snake! For Lunar New Year, consider giving a gift to the Asian im/migrant women we support by donating to SWAN's programs and services:

RT @Crystal_Laderas: @LGJanetAustin @JackWebsterFdn You could have interviewed B.C. trafficking experts (Annalee Lepp, @GAATWCanada, Hayli….

RT @Crystal_Laderas: This story is part of a series that was made possible through an award from the @LGJanetAustin and the @JackWebsterFdn….

RT @Crystal_Laderas: I’m so disappointed that a whole team of journalists could not see any harm in a police ride-along where they deceived….

@ENBrown @CTVVancouver This story isn’t centred around sex workers or even trafficking victims. It’s about police – police actions, police beliefs and police PR without any critical questions about their effectiveness or the negative impact on sex workers. This is not journalism.

@ENBrown @CTVVancouver These operations cause workers to fear and distrust the police. Calgary’s police chief spoke to CTV about how it’s difficult to protect workers when they don’t report incidents to police. His officers raided massage parlours 7 days before this interview.

@ENBrown @CTVVancouver This story lists trafficking charges from a two-year-old case, but doesn't mention last year's ALERT massage parlour raids. Was it because no trafficking charges have been laid and all police did was shut down a workplace for im/migrant sex workers?

@ENBrown “But the woman they were meeting, whose ID was from the Vancouver area, turns out not to be underage and says she doesn’t need help." The second woman was also just trying to work. Sex workers don't need saving. @CTVVancouver does this “rescue” look like it’s working?.

@ENBrown The so-called “elite counter-exploitation unit” explains certain emojis in sex work ads are evidence of trafficking. This would have been a good time for journalists to use critical thinking and question how emojis would trigger a rescue operation.

These missions are often a crackdown on sex work that leads to increased surveillance, arrest & harassment of workers. @ENBrown writes authorities rebranded vice stings by calling them "human trafficking operations" and reporters just parrot the language.

It’s hard to believe a reporter would follow police while they pose as clients to trick sex workers into meeting, just so officers could question women about being trafficked. But @CTVVancouver found nothing unethical about this story or police actions: 

Black cop is accused of trafficking his white wife - "The passenger claimed Williams, 63, was transporting Shasholka, 34, against her will, an obvious example of racial profiling and abject discrimination, it says." .

RT @PaceSociety: On #TraffickingAwarenessDay, we invite people to examine any misconceptions or ideas they may have about sex WORK vs. sex….

“Often times, im/migrant sex workers are accused of being victims of human trafficking when they—just like their white, Canadian counterparts—have simply chosen sex work as their profession all on their own.”.

"Thanks to racist stereotypes, stigmatization, and misinformation, im/migrant sex work is often conflated with the idea that they were forced into it. Society largely views im/migrants -particularly women- as if they were not given a choice, and have instead been exploited. ".

"Different cultural customs, language barriers, and Canada’s failures in recognizing overseas education all leave im/migrants with limited options for work – which is why sex work can be an accessible option for them.".@strippedbysia for @georgiastraight

RT @PaceSociety: S3x W0rker Back* Tax Support: Accountant Meghan Harms will be at PACE to help SWers file Back Taxes, and advise on complex….