Foreword / Valerie Scott

1 Contextualizing Sex Work: Challenging Discourses and Confronting Narratives / Elya M. Durisin, Emily van der Meulen, and Chris Bruckert

Part 1 – Law and Policy Contexts: The State and Beyond

2 Sex Work Policy: Tracing Historical and Contemporary Developments / Emily van der Meulen and Elya M. Durisin

3 Bedford v. Canada: A Breakthrough in the Legal Discourse / Brenda Belak

4 Municipal Regulation of Street-Based Prostitution and the Impacts on Indigenous Women: A Necessary Discussion / Naomi Sayers

5 From Average Joe to Deviant John: The Changing Construction of Sex Trade Clients in Canada / Ummni Khan

6 Pimps, Partners, and Procurers: Criminalizing Street-Based Sex Workers’ Relationships with Partners and Third Parties / Kara Gillies and Chris Bruckert

7 New Risk-Spaces, New Spaces for Harm: The Effects of the Advertising Offence on Independent Escorts / Andrea Sterling

8 Misrepresentations, Inadequate Evidence, and Impediments to Justice: Human Rights Impacts of Canada’s Anti-Trafficking Efforts / Tamara O’Doherty, Hayli Millar, Alison Clancey, and Kimberly Mackenzie

9 Perceptions of Sex Work: Exploring the Narratives of Police and Regulatory Officials / Frances M. Shaver, John Bryans, and Isabelle Bhola

10 Protecting Victims Sexually Exploited through Prostitution? Critically Examining Youth Legal and Policy Regimes / Steven Bittle

Part 2 – Diverse Experiences: Examining Places, Spaces, and Types of Work

11 Indigenous, Indoors, and Incognito: Thoughts and Experiences of an Irish and Ojibwe Sex Worker / Elizabeth James

12 Myths and Realities of Male Sex Work: A Personal Perspective / River Redwood

13 Champagne, Strawberries, and Truck-Stop Motels: On Subjectivity and Sex Work / Victoria Love

14 “The Paradox?!”: Racialized and Indigenous Sex Workers’ Encounters within a Capitalist Market / Menaka Raguparan

15 Double Punishment: Immigration Penality and Migrant Trans Women Who Sell Sex / Nora Butler Burke

16 “Harassing the Clients Is Exactly the Same as Harassing the Workers”: Street-Based Sex Workers in Vancouver / Andrea Krüsi, Brenda Belak, and Sex Workers United Against Violence

17 Everybody Knows Everybody: Sex Work in Rural and Small Communities / Stacey Hannem

18 Hypocrisy in “Sin City”: Space, Place, and Sex Work Stigma in St. John’s / Laura Winters and Gayle MacDonald

Part 3 – Sex Workers’ Resistance: Building Alliances and Subverting Narratives

19 Canadian Feminism and Sex Work Law: A Cautionary Tale / Mariana Valverde

20 Whorganizers and Gay Activists: Histories of Convergence, Contemporary Currents of Divergence, and the Promise of Non-Normative Futures / Becki L. Ross

21 Fighting for Homewood: Gentrification and the History of Violent Struggle over Trans Sex Workers’ Strolls in Canada / Morgan M. Page

22 Do Black Sex Workers’ Lives Matter? Whitewashed Anti-Slavery, Racial Justice, and Abolition / Robyn Maynard

23 Migrant Sex Workers’ Justice: Building Alliances across Movements / Elene Lam and Chanelle Gallant

24 Will the Real Supporters of Workers’ Rights Please Stand Up? Union Engagement with Sex Work in Canada / Jenn Clamen and Kara Gillies

25 Sex, Lies, and Committee Hearings: Challenging Prostitution Propaganda / Kerry Porth

26 Action, Advocacy, and Allies: Building a Movement for Sex Worker Rights / Sarah Beer

Afterword / John Lowman and Frances M. Shaver

Appendix: Prostitution-Related Criminal Code Provisions

Index