BOOK LAUNCH EVENT - 1 NOVEMBER 2018
SWAN's book launch event was well attended by colleagues, allies and community as we celebrated the release of "Red Light Labour: Sex Work, Regulation, Agency and Resistance" - an exciting new book highlighting the activism, advocacy and resilience of sex workers in the face of stigma and criminalization.
Several authors read selections from their respective chapters, and engaged in a lively Q & A discussion with the audience.
 SWAN's Executive Director Alison Clancey welcomed authors and attendees, and opened the event with gratitude to the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Watuth Nations, acknowledging that it is on their stolen lands that we were gathered, and on which we all live and work. |  Dr. Becki Ross read from her chapter "Whorganizers and Gay Activists: Histories of Convergence, Contemporary Currents of Divergence, and the Promise of Non-Normative Futures" |  Dr. Tamara O'Doherty read from "Misrepresentations, Inadequate Evidence, and Impediments to Justice: Human Rights Impacts of Canada’s Anti-Trafficking Efforts," which she co-authored with Dr. Hayli Millar, Alison Clancey (SWAN), and Kimberly Mackenzie (SWAN). |
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 Kerry Porth read from her chapter "Lies, and Committee Hearings: Challenging Prostitution Propaganda" |  Red Light Labour is available for purchase via UBC Press |  Dr. Andrea Krüsi read from "Harassing the Clients Is Exactly the Same as Harassing the Workers: Street-Based Sex Workers in Vancouver," which she co-authored with Brenda Belak and members of Sex Workers United Against Violence |
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 Attendees engaged in a lively Q & A discussion with the authors. |
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