On #InternationalWorkersDay , remember to include s*x workers in your worker's rights advocacy.

Solidarity with all workers who are fighting for their rights and safety amidst state negligence and harm - from P@lest!ne to Turtle Island and across the world.

If you’re a business that wants to support im/migrant women with donations of merchandise or discounts on products or services, get in touch with SWAN Vancouver. swanvancouver.ca/contact-swan/

Art show with art from PACE members happening June 1st at Massy Arts Society !!

Join us for an evening of art and community, as part of our Red Umbrella Day celebration ❤️☂️

Today, BC gov announced they're making public drug use illegal. Public use has not increased because of decrim. People use outside for lack of alternatives. We've been calling for more OPSs, treatment & housing for 25 yrs. If we'd been listened to, there'd be no issue today.

Call-out for donations from our friends at AESHA!

Seeking gently used shoes, lingerie, and make-up.

Donations can be dropped off at 647 E. Hastings St. ❤️

#SeekingDonations #CallForDonations #SupportSexWorkers #dtes

Come be our new treasurer!✨️

Folks with previous experience on a board, and those with lived experience in SW or areas related to our membership are encouraged to apply!

Please reach out to [email protected] if you're interested.

#BoardOfDirectors #SexWorkerSupport

BREAKING: After an agonizing 1,020 days, the BC Prosecution Service announces that they WILL NOT be prosecuting 3 Campbell River RCMP officers in the 2021 killing of Jared “Jay” Lowndes (Laksilyu Clan, Wet’suwet’en Nation.” Full statement of the family available at 3 PM PST.

“Health systems and providers can respond effectively to these specialized health needs only if they are aware of the diversity of sex work and sex workers, and trained in non-stigmatizing and culturally sensitive care.' -Cdn Public Health Assoc.

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Join Pivot and PACE Society in so-called #Toronto , on Fri., May 10th, 2024, for a panel on policing race, gender and sex work with insights from scholar-activists, lawyers, and organizers in sex workers’ rights and broader racial justice movements.
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Park rangers tossed out BOXES of HARM REDUCTION SUPPLIES. During a DRUG POISONING CRISIS.

Sex workers have been warning this was the ultimate goal of ID verification bills. Information about reproductive health will most likely be the next target.

Informative workshop series happening in May!

Part 2 of our skill-share series for s*x workers is coming up!

This month's session features a discussion about chronic pain, disability, and intersections with sex work.

📅 - Thursday May 2nd
⏰️ - 12pm PST
📍- On Zoom

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

8 years. Over 13,000 dead. Eby, Whiteside, Dix, Sim, and Sturko couldn’t be bothered to show up to a packed DTES town hall.

“No wonder they couldn’t show up to look us in the eye. They’re gutless cowards. No one is coming to save us, so we’ll do it ourselves.”

- Garth Mullins

Destabilization and changing timelines is a common technique employed by the Park Board Decampment Unit.

As censorship online continues to grow, trans SWers are being further isolated.

Jack Parker's article for tryst.lin talks about the history of trans SW organizing, censorship of online spaces, and why they continue to be important for trans SWers safety: tryst.link/blog/losing-on…

The ⁦City of Vancouver ⁦Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation⁩ continues its war on the poor…
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On this day five years ago, Trump signed a purported anti-trafficking law, SESTA/FOSTA. Almost everyone in Congress who voted for it looked away and forgot. Sex workers have not let them. newrepublic.com/article/162823…

Congratulating yourselves for stricter bylaws that stigmatize communities but will never win in court is nothing to be thrilled about. We will keep fighting against punitive & inhumane actions elected officials brag about but solve nothing.