sex worker safety

Motion to support Vancouver’s sex workers faces dramatic reduction

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Content warning: mentions of disappearance, murder, and serial killer Robert Pickton. At the Standing Committee on City Finance and Services on May 20, Vancouver Green Party councillor Pete Fry introduced a motion aiming to uphold “the City’s responsibility to maintain adequate, community-connected capacity to support sex worker safety.” Fry included a call to reinstate a second sex work social planner, after the role was slashed to only one active position earlier this year. The motion passed with amendments, which eliminated this commitment. The Peak corresponded with Fry, WISH Drop-In Centre Society, and the City of…

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