PACE Society
148 W Hastings St V6B 1G8 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Two of our staff, Lyra McKee and Kit Rothschild, were published online in the Georgia Straight today! "The carceral criminal (in)justice system has harmed members of our community far more often than it has helped them. While PACE will continue to advocate for the rights of sex workers here in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) and across all levels of the colonial system of government within which we are forced to operate, in this instance we have chosen not to participate in mee...tings such as today’s police board meeting as we feel they are performative, with far too much discretion on the part of the board to approve or refuse any given delegation throughout the process. Sometimes our voices are louder when we refuse to sit at a table that was not designed to host us. We hope that our absence from this conversation will be keenly felt." #defundthepolice See more

Froggy says sex work is work:)

Stats for all NOW! Migrant Rights Network

Day 3 of Counting Sex Workers In! and we want to focus on how discrimination & stigma against sex workers generates #violence & limits sex workers' access t...o justice, further exacerbated by #criminalization of #sexwork. #SexWorkersCount Learn more and download our #factsheet at https://rb.gy/odakby

"Counting Sex Workers In!" Campaign October 26-November 10 Day2 #sexworkerscount #sexworkiswork... #decrimsw Mama CashJASSWo=MenAWIDUrgent Action Fund Check the factsheet on law & sex work from the CMI campaign here: https://www.mamacash.org//cmi_/factsheets/cmi_law_final.pdf

(via Mother Jones) In a break with decades of efforts to expand the policing and prosecution of sex crimes, [the Me Too movement’s new] agenda calls for limits... on the power and reach of cops and courts, [with recommendations for] replacing school police with counselors, decriminalizing consensual adult sex work, and rerouting some police funding earmarked for addressing sexual assault to holding more officers accountable for their sexual misconduct. https://bit.ly/3oyoXTO #MeToo #TimesUp #IntersectionalityMatters #DefundThePolice

Between anti-trafficking experts taking issue w/ QAnon’s reckless misinformation & police imploring the public to stay calm & think critically about viral scare...lore and false panics, the irony is almost thick enough to literally choke on... https://bit.ly/31DB73L #HarmsOfAntiTrafficking #TraffickingTruths #FactsMatter

(via The Daily Dot) While sex positivity as a cultural trend is something that is really white, we know that a huge swath of sex workers are people of color, ...women of color, trans women of color. These are the people who have really created sex positivity as we know it today. These are the people who are demanding justice and safety for sex workers, and who are on the front lines of thinking about sex positivity - and not just as a social media trend, but as a material means of justice that our communities need. https://bit.ly/3muttku #SexWork #Diversity #Inclusion #SexPositivity #SocialJustice

"This application is about the unlawful, arbitrary, and biased nature to target strip clubs and in particular, strippers, the notice reads."