Sex Workers' Rights at Pivot Legal Society

SESTA/FOSTA: Censoring sex workers from websites sets a dangerous precedent

The move will threaten the health and safety of sex workers but also the autonomy and freedom of the internet for us all.

Kerry Porth | Apr 19, 2018 | Sex Workers' Rights, Blog

Why feminism must include the fight for sex workers’ rights

True feminism entails listening to people with lived experience

Kerry Porth | Jan 26, 2018 | Sex Workers' Rights, Blog

Kerry Porth

Jan 22, 2018 | Sex Workers' Rights

Fighting for sex workers' rights: Bedford v. Canada Supreme Court victory

We, along with Sex Workers United Against Violence and the PACE Society helped overturn Canada's harmful sex work laws. Learn how it happened.

Peter Kim | Jan 08, 2018 | Sex Workers' Rights, Videos

Open Letter to BC Police Forces: End Participation in Operation Northern Spotlight

Operation Northern Spotlight is a project ill-conceived by Durham Regional Police in Ontario in 2014 to "rescue" sex workers from human trafficking by targeting and investigating them. Typically, police officers posing as clients set up dates online with sex workers, through websites like Craigslist and Backpage, then surprise them in hotel rooms. Since 2014, there have been five "waves" of Operation Northern Spotlight coordinated among law enforcement agencies across Canada. The latest campaign in October 2016 involved 53 police agencies in nine provinces working in conjunction with the FBI. Only a few law enforcement agencies in BC participated in 2015 and 2016.

Peter Kim | Sep 06, 2017 | Criminalization and Policing, Sex Workers' Rights, Letters & Statements