Building Choices For The Future
The following proposal was submitted
to Federal Cooperatives Secretariat in June 2008.
Although we have yet to hear officially,
we have been informed that we will not be receiving
support for these actions. The reason for the lack
of support was “the project is too ambitious.”
We have decided to try to move forward
on these ideas in spite of this set back and are
now immersed in raising the money ourselves.
We
have governance in place and a great advisory
board and so will be able to ensure accountability.
Progress will be highlighted under the individual
enterprise section of the web site. As all of
these enterprises are intimately linked to one another
it was decided to move forward in one
project.
Please not that this project is NOT
the highly controversial Cooperative Brothel
Project and is focused on alternative sources of
income and exiting opportunities for sex
industry workers looking for a change.
If you would like to support these
actions in going forward please see the “Support Us” section
for details on ways the greater community can support
choices for sex workers.
Trade Secrets
Trade Secrets:
Occupational Health and Safety Guidelines for Sex
Industry Workers is
a collaborative project engaging the following sex
industry constituencies in occupational
health and safety community development activities:
- On and off-street sex industry workers from
rural and urban British Columbia
- Exotic dancers
- adult film actors
- Live no-contact sex workers (peep shows, phone
operators, sex shows, etc)
- BDSM (bondage, domination, sadomasochist) and
fetish workers;
- Hustlers (male sex workers)
- Transgendered sex workers
- Sex industry business owners
- Support staff (reception, drivers etc.)
- Patrons of the sex industry
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