I Ditched My Banking Job to Be a Sex Worker
2020-02-14
elrond
Last week, a Canadian Conservative politician dismissed the idea that anyone would willingly become a sex worker. However, what Viersen, and many others are missing, is that consensual sex work and sex trafficking are inherently different. Nearly four years ago, I purposely left a comfortable nine-to-five corporate finance career for the opportunity to be a sex worker. .....
Canada’s failed sex work laws cost Marylène Lévesque her life
2020-02-01
elrond
On Jan. 22, 22-year-old Marylène Lévesque – a vivacious, generous woman with a bright future – was found dead in a Quebec City hotel room. Sex workers warned that Canada’s new sex work laws would result in more violence. Ms. Lévesque’s death is a devastating example of how these laws put sex workers’ lives at risk. To prevent tragedies .....
Quebec sex worker allegedly murdered by 'moderate' risk killer on parole
2020-01-25
elrond
Quebec’s justice minister is questioning whether the federal parole board has enough resources to properly evaluate the risk prisoners pose to the public following the slaying of a 22-year-old woman — allegedly by a man previously convicted of murder and out on parole. This follows the death of Marylene Levesque, a sex worker allegedly killed by 51-year-old Eustachio Gallese in a Queb .....