Decolonizing Solidarity
Conversation and filk screening with Leanne Simpson, Zainab Amadahy, Chanelle Gallant and special guest, Kerieva McCormick Glasgow-based Romani activist. Moderated by Carol Lynne D'Arcanglis and emceed by Sheryl Lindsay.
Will the Backpage Shutdown Make Sex Workers Less Safe?
Esquire Magazine: Women in the industry say now they'll have no choice but to work the streets.
Why these queer women stand in solidarity with gay men opposing Project Marie
Xtra: On Nov 30, 2016, Xtra Spark received this letter from a group of LGBTQ women in Toronto, demanding accountability from police and elected officials for the recent Project Marie sting operation.
Was Apology From Toronto Police to LGBT Community Too Late?
The Advocate: Pride Toronto's clash with Black Lives Matter brought up some old skeletons in the closet of the city's LGBT history.
Activist on declining Toronto Police apology for 1981 bathhouse raids
The Globe and Mail: On Sept. 14, 2000, Toronto Police raided the Club Toronto bathhouse during an event called the Pussy Palace, organized by the Toronto Women's Bathhouse Committee.
Women strip-searched, charged in bathhouse raids reject public apology
CBC News: Chanelle Gallant, a member of the Pussy Palace Collective that was the target of a raid in 2000, says the Toronto police apology isn't meaningful.
Anti-trafficking campaigns victimize migrant sex-workers: public forum
Radio Canada International: Sex-workers are gathering in Toronto today with other interested parties at a public forum to address growing problems advocates say, are brought on by anti-trafficking campaigns.