How Canadas Laws Make Sex Work Less Safe
2021-10-01
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The spa was one of Toronto’s 25 licensed “body rub parlours,” the city’s parlance for spas that offer non-therapeutic and erotic massages. In Toronto, body rub parlours are confined to rigid zoning restrictions—they need to be at least 100 metres from residential zones and 500 metres from schools or places of worship—so many end up in semi-industrial areas like .....
A Sex Worker Group Unionized for the First Time in Canada
2021-09-21
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Strippers at Maggie's in Toronto have succesfully unionised. Many of the strippers experienced pay docking, and working long stretches without breaks. While the union only represents Maggie's staff, it is hoped the trend will spread nationally. .....
Toronto strip club set to vaccinate sex workers
2021-06-05
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Zanzibar Tavern will be doling out COVID-19 vaccines Friday afternoon.
Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project is running the clinic at the strip club near Yonge Street and Gerrard Street West from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The location will focus on providing first doses to sex workers and other marginalized communities who have been “left behind in the pandemic.” .....
Toronto Allows Sex Workers at Body Rub Parlours to Lock Their Doors
2020-09-17
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Previously, sex workers were penalized for locking their doors, putting them at risk of robberies, assaults, and even death, they say.
Toronto bylaws prohibited body rub parlours and holistic centres from keeping their doors locked, so that inspectors could have full access. But the rules led to thefts, abuse, and even death, sex workers say. By locking doors, workers are now able to screen .....
Toronto man charged after robbing sex workers at gunpoint
2020-06-12
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A Toronto man is facing several charges after police say three sex trade workers were robbed at gunpoint.
According to police, Benhur Wolday, 27, contacted a sex worker through an online ad on May 29.
He met with her on several occasions, but on their final meeting, police say he pulled a gun and robbed the 18-year-old of cash. .....