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Supporting street-based sex workers since 1984.
https://wish-vancouver.net/
#NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay
invites us all to show up with respect, learn, engage, and take action towards reconciliation. Indigenous rights must be respected, including the rights of Indigenous sex workers. Learn about WISH’s Indigenous Health & Safety Program:
wish-vancouver.net/program/indi...
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“Council heard almost an hour of testimony from 20 people with lived experience who spoke about ways the sex worker safety planners provide an essential resource for both individuals and sex worker serving organizations. They received hundreds of emails as well."
the-peak.ca/2026/06/moti...
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Motion to support Vancouver’s sex workers faces dramatic reduction - The Peak
By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Content warning: mentions of disappearance, murder, and serial killer Robert Pickton. At the Standing Committee on City Finance and Services on May 20, Vancouv...
https://the-peak.ca/2026/06/motion-to-support-vancouvers-sex-workers-faces-dramatic-reduction/
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Get your June update from WISH:
conta.cc/4dYgTHH
The best way to stay connected to WISH is through our email list – sign up today! Or, if you are already on the WISH email list (thank you!) please share this invite with a friend ❤️
11 days ago
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Where do you go to feel safe? In Vancouver, street-based sex workers can turn to WISH. Your help provides essential supplies, responsive programs, and safe spaces for those in need.
#SupportSafety
with your donation today!
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"... those in the march say officials need to get serious about providing funding to front-line organizations and treating sex work like work."
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Vancouverites march in solidarity with sex workers
Officials launched programs to prevent crimes such as human trafficking from happening during the World Cup.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/07/vancouverites-march-solidarity-sex-workers-world-cup-anxieties-loom/
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The Red Light Alert is an essential safety tool. It contains anonymous Bad Date reports provided for sex workers by sex workers + a list of high-risk offenders. Sex workers and service providers can sign up to receive the weekly RLA email on our website:
wish-vancouver.net/program/bad-...
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16 days ago
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This summer intensified surveillance will impact vulnerable people in Vancouver, including street-based sex workers. With your help, WISH can continue to provide a safe haven & programs that are responsive to the needs of our participants.
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WISH Drop-In Centre Donation Form
Your generosity helps make WISH happen, and creates opportunities for those in need.
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17 days ago
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Check out the June calendar to learn what's happening this month at WISH, including special activities for International Sex Workers’ Day, Juneteenth & National Indigenous Peoples Day. WISH programs are open to women and gender diverse street-based sex workers.
wish-vancouver.net/program/acti...
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Since 1975
#InternationalSexWorkersDay
= collective action. Help defend SW rights by sharing
#ISWD
content, and if you can, make a donation to a local SW serving org. We are stronger together, and your support truly has an impact. Thank you!
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19 days ago
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Recently, an ad we were trying to run in support of street-based sex workers was censored to read “street-based workers” (we cancelled the ad). Read more about the censorship affecting sex workers in the WISH Story “Silenced Online,” part of our Spring Newsletter:
wish-vancouver.net/news-media/s...
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Silenced Online | WISH Drop-In Centre Society
Sex workers continue to have their accounts deleted from major social media platforms. WISH is a registered charity serving sex workers and this silencing is affecting us as well.
https://wish-vancouver.net/news-media/silenced-online/
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Your spring donation to WISH Drop-In Centre helps to centre the needs – and safety – of women, trans, Two-Spirit, non-binary and gender diverse sex workers. Thank you for helping to protect the safety of WISH participants! Please give generously today.
wish-vancouver.net/campaign/sup...
22 days ago
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There is a new opportunity for street-based sex workers at WISH Drop-In Centre to improve their skills in a supportive environment. Hear how this is helping folks to develop “a stronger belief in their ability to create positive change.”
wish-vancouver.net/news-media/s...
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Small Steps, Big Changes | WISH Drop-In Centre Society
WISH’s first Pre-Employment InReach Worker (PEIW) hosts weekly pre-employment workshops in a supportive environment.
https://wish-vancouver.net/news-media/small-steps-big-changes/
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WISH’s Mobile Access Program – aka The MAP Van – provides overnight outreach services to street-based sex workers in Vancouver. Participants can call or text MAP Van staff any night of the week to request support (11pm-5am). Learn more:
wish-vancouver.net/program/mobi...
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24 days ago
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When you buy items like underwear, socks + towels through our Item Donation Shop, your funds go directly towards a bulk purchase of needed essentials for WISH participants. Provide items that no one should go without:
wish-vancouver.net/support/shop/
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In the spring, the WISH Shelter Community Garden transforms the backlot. Learn more about the impact of this garden in the latest WISH Story!
wish-vancouver.net/news-media/t...
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The Shelter Garden | WISH Drop-In Centre Society
With care, over time, contributions from participants, staff and volunteers have created a beautiful place with deep meaning.
https://wish-vancouver.net/news-media/the-shelter-garden/
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Get your May update from WISH:
conta.cc/3OPnhr5
The best way to stay connected to WISH is through our email list – sign up today! If you already get our updates (and appreciate them), please consider sharing this invitation with a friend. Thank you!
27 days ago
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Thank you to the Pin-Up Posse & everyone at their Spring Spectacular showcase! All attendees are encouraged to bring new 🧦, 🩲 or 🪥 to donate to WISH. PLUS organizers have generously provided tickets for WISH participants and volunteers. We're grateful for the gift, and excited for the adventure!
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"Council heard from a litany of speakers... it was harrowing to hear their stories from the frontlines and a bit horrifying as they, person to person, detailed how they and the community at large have been affected by the loss of the additional staff member."
www.straight.com/city-culture...
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How a motion about sex worker safety told the story about Vancouver's current City Council
The motion showcased a recent trend at City Hall.
https://www.straight.com/city-culture/how-a-motion-about-sex-worker-safety-told-story-about-vancouver-city-council-and-how-it
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"After a hearing with many impassioned pleas from advocates for sex-worker safety on Wednesday, ABC councillors voted in favour of a watered-down amendment, which gutted the motion to reinstate the support position."
vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...
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Vancouver votes against motion seeking to restore sex-worker safety support
Councillor Pete Fry called the decision very disappointing given the compelling testimony from women about their health and safety risks.
https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-votes-against-motion-seeking-to-restore-sex-worker-safety-support
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Anti-trafficking campaigns often conflate sex work with sex trafficking. “It’s intentionally confusing and obtuse, and it may lead to the incorrect assumption that sex work is trafficking. That just further marginalizes sex workers.”
www.vancitylookout.com/p/fifa-world...
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FIFA World Cup conjures familiar, largely unfounded, sex trafficking fears
With a looming crackdown on “sex trafficking” ahead of the FIFA World Cup, Vancouver’s sex workers are feeling a growing sense of unease.
https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/fifa-world-cup-conjures-familiar-largely-unfounded-sex-trafficking-fears
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Sex workers in BC can now access the beta version of the BC BDAR app to view and share bad date reports from across the province. Read their latest newsletter to learn how.
#ProtectSexWorkers
#SexWorkersRights
#DecrimNow
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BC BDAR Project Newsletter - May 2026
https://mailchi.mp/1eca36723ad9/bc-bdar-project-newsletter-may-2026
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WISH is hiring Support Workers for the MAP Van! The MAP Van provides overnight mobile outreach services and to women (trans inclusive and gender diverse folks) engaged in street-based sex work throughout Vancouver. Learn more:
wish-vancouver.net/about/careers/
about 1 month ago
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The number of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S+) is staggering.
#RedDressDay
is inspired by The REDress Project created by Métis artist & activist Jamie Black. In her installations, the empty red dresses “evoke a presence through the marking of absence.”
about 2 months ago
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"The campaign comes seven weeks before the FIFA World Cup comes to Vancouver. Police often warn about increases in human trafficking during major sporting events, experts say, and those warnings are, in part, used to justify an increase in policing surveillance."
thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...
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Experts Critique New RCMP Human Trafficking Campaign | The Tyee
They say it leads to increased surveillance and racial profiling. And there’s a better way to respond.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/04/30/Experts-Critique-RCMP-Human-Trafficking-Campaign/
about 2 months ago
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Get your copy of WISH’s April newsletter!
conta.cc/4taA3z5
The best way to stay connected to WISH is through our email list – sign up today! (Or, if you are already on our list, consider sharing this invitation with a friend - thank you!)
about 2 months ago
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If you have a new or gently used wig to donate, we’d love to receive it. Check out our website for details on donating much needed items to WISH participants!
wish-vancouver.net/support/phys...
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Great thread on an urgent issue.
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about 2 months ago
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If you happen to be in Germany... Sex Work: A Cultural History is on until 25 October 2026!
www.bundeskunsthalle.de/en/s3xwork
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"The common myth surrounding sex work is that it is an inherently capitalist and exploitative industry that in a socialist society would be destroyed... But this very idea is flawed in more ways than one, and in fact the sex work industry can in many ways be a force of revolutionary change."
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Happy National Volunteer Week!
#NVW2026
WISH Drop-In Centre has been supporting street-based sex workers since 1984 and we would not be here today without the dedication of our incredible volunteers. Last year, they helped to prepare and serve more than 60,000 meals!
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2 months ago
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WISH Drop-In Centre Society, PACE Society,
@swan-vancouver.bsky.social
,
@livingincmnty-bc.bsky.social
, and RainCity Housing are deeply disappointed to hear that the City of Vancouver has eliminated one of two Sex Work Social Planner positions. Full statement:
swanvancouver.ca/sex-work-soc...
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STATEMENT: Community organizations alarmed after City of Vancouver cuts essential Sex Work Social Planner position | SWAN Vancouver Society
https://swanvancouver.ca/sex-work-social-planner/
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"One way we can protect ourselves is through an app called Nearby Glasses... The developer designed this app as a form of resistance to expanding surveillance technology."
theconversation.com/smart-glasse...
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Smart glasses with facial recognition could be devastating to sex workers and other vulnerable people
If Meta moves forward with plans to integrate facial recognition technologies into its AI-enabled smart glasses, some of us have more to lose than others.
https://theconversation.com/smart-glasses-with-facial-recognition-could-be-devastating-to-sex-workers-and-other-vulnerable-people-276853
2 months ago
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As we all try to navigate the affordability crisis, non-profit organizations are struggling to keep up. The number of people in Canada who donate to charities has been falling for over a decade – BUT – donations to local and neighbourhood organizations is on the rise. 🎉And so is monthly giving! 🎉
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Visibility can be a balancing act – especially at a time when misinformation is fuelling anti-trans hate – but visibility is also an act of resistance.
#TransIsBeautiful
#TDOV
#TDOV2026
3 months ago
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"What protections does this legislation introduce, and what role do unions play in the fight for sex workers’ rights?"
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3 months ago
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Today is
#TwoSpirit
Celebration and Awareness Day! The 2026 theme – Infinite Strength – speaks to the incredible diversity of Two-Spirit identities, expressions and experiences. We are deeply grateful to Two-Spirit members of the WISH community for their contributions. Thank you!
3 months ago
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Blurring the lines between sex work and sex trafficking is intentionally confusing and supports the incorrect assumption that sex work *is* trafficking. Learn why efforts to "end demand" for sexual services are more likely to harm the people they aim to protect.
wish-vancouver.net/news-media/a...
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An attack on safety | WISH Drop-In Centre Society
This week a B.C. RCMP news release announced that the BC Counter Human Trafficking Unit and Richmond RCMP identified 100+ individuals “attempting to obtain sexual services” leading to multiple arrests...
https://wish-vancouver.net/news-media/an-attack-on-safety/
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"On March 12, 2026, the BC Counter Human Trafficking Unit and Richmond RCMP conducted a joint operation targeting individuals looking to purchase sexual services. The operation focused on identifying people using online platforms to arrange these transactions."
rcmp.ca/en/bc/news/2...
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Are you looking for ways to get more involved at WISH? Are you motivated by working with communities that are often stigmatized or misunderstood? Sign up to volunteer! Learn more:
wish-vancouver.net/support/volu...
WISH volunteers must be 19+ and commit to a minimum of 2 shifts per month.
3 months ago
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At WISH the days are busy & the nights are even busier. With your support we can react quickly to unexpected needs & staying responsive helps to affirm the rights of the sex workers we serve. Give the gift of flexibility by making a monthly pledge to WISH today!
wish-vancouver.net/campaign/bec...
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Become a WISH Champion | WISH Drop-In Centre Society
Are you ready to level up your giving? You may already have a few monthly subscriptions, but this one is different – your monthly gift to WISH is a subscription to safety, dignity, and care.
https://wish-vancouver.net/campaign/become-a-wish-champion/
3 months ago
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"Ongoing discussions about online privacy often exclude this marginalized group: sex workers. Sex workers can be seen as the canary in the coal mine when it comes to data privacy. They’ve seen their rights online eroded in ways that are beginning to affect everyone else."
rabble.ca/feminism/sex...
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Sex workers at the forefront of the erosion of online privacy rights
Legislation that claims to protect sex workers is actually taking away their anonymity and privacy leading them into more precarious work environments.
https://rabble.ca/feminism/sex-workers-at-the-forefront-of-the-erosion-of-online-privacy-rights/
3 months ago
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#GiveToGain
, the theme for
#IWD2026
, emphasizes the power of reciprocity, and the benefits of abundant giving. As we continue working to improve service delivery for gender diverse sex workers, we are grateful to everyone taking action towards gender equality – on
#IWD
and every day.
4 months ago
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Have you ever thought about making a monthly donation to WISH? It’s very helpful from an organizational point of view – but it's easy, and convenient, for supporters too! Learn why this type of giving is as thoughtful as it is generous:
wish-vancouver.net/campaign/bec...
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Get your copy of WISH’s March newsletter!
conta.cc/4cXGjVD
The best way to stay connected to WISH is through our email list – sign up today! (Or, if you're already on our list, consider sharing this invitation with a friend - thank you!)
4 months ago
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reposted by
WISH Drop-In Centre Society
New Jersey Red Umbrella Alliance
over 1 year ago
TODAY!
#SexWorker
activist will be discussing the global impact of US on our rights. 3 March 2025 at 5 pm US ET / 2 pm US Pacific / 11 pm Europe
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#Anora
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Today is the 25th Anniversary of International Sex Workers’ Rights Day! Push back against the criminalization of sex work, celebrate and support workers, and help defend the rights of everyone who exchanges money, goods, or services for their sexual or erotic labour.
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Every donation to WISH Drop-In Centre helps provide responsive services for sex workers in our community – but a certain type of giving helps even more. This year, please consider making a monthly pledge! Increase your impact – become a WISH Champion today ❤️
wish-vancouver.net/campaign/bec...
4 months ago
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The criminalization of sex work increases isolation and amplifies sex work stigma, leading to greater harm. Research is clear – the “full decriminalization of adult voluntary sex work” is the best way to protect sex workers' rights.
#DecrimNow
Learn more about how WISH works:
wish-vancouver.net
4 months ago
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"... by blurring the line between illegal and merely objectionable activities, a moral calculus enters the debanking equation. Today this incentivizes the surveillance and rejection of adult industry workers as “high risk” clients."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Moral judgment has no place in deciding who gets to bank or not
By treating sex-work earnings as criminal proceeds, banks have too much power to decide who gets to use the economic infrastructure that makes participation in society possible
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-moral-judgment-has-no-place-in-deciding-who-gets-to-bank-or-not/
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"Adult industry workers in Canada have increasingly taken to social media to disclose their frustration with these experiences, detailing accounts being frozen and funds seized with no explanation and limited recourse."
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