Vancouver's new sex-trade strategy praised by advocacy group

[romp]

A new municipal strategy on the sex trade put forth yesterday by the City of Vancouver has won the tentative support of a prominent sex worker advocacy group.

"We feel pretty positive about it," says Kerry Porth, executive director of PACE Society, a group working on behalf of street-level sex workers in Vancouver. "Sex work issues in this city

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[ladypolitik]

Was thinking of amalgamating "sex work" with the "prostitutes/prostitution" tag; is that okay with folks?

[ladypolitik]

I think there should be representation of both terms, only because even though not all commercial work is exploitative, it's still also true that it's not entirely exploitation-free yet. There's not a lot of human rights agency, and reduced marginality, in child prostitution, for example.

I just wasnt sure if it would be a question of a separate tag (just "sex work") or a broad/connected tag ("sex work/prostitution").

[romp]

I'm fine with that.

[azetburcaptain]

Sex work is better than prostitution imo because the latter has negative connotations.

[elialshadowpine]

This.