The Tyee | ST Buck
When sex workers are able to form relationships with co-workers, they can boost their odds of accessing support services and decrease their odds of facing workplace sexual or physical violence, according to a new study. The Lower Mainland study, peer-reviewed and published in PLOS One, looked at social cohesion and the ways sex workers support one another despite laws that work to isolate and criminalize them. Above: The Red Umbrella March for sex work solidarity has been taking place each June in Vancouver since 2012.