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In the fight for sex workers’ rights, this is solidarity

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By Elene Lam, Chanelle Gallant
| The openDemocracy Show
In the past several years, there has been a surge in anti-migrant rallies, racist policies and anti-rights movements, alongside a broader pushback against diversity, equity, decolonisation, and inclusion. These forces promote racism, xenophobia, transphobia, nationalism, colonialism, and imperialism. Racialised and low-income communities, especially migrants, are being further scapegoated: not only blamed, but also criminalised, arrested, detained, incarcerated, and deported.
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For migrant sex workers, police are the ‘most dangerous gang’ in the business

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By Chanelle Gallant, Elene Lam
| The Breach Verified
In an opinion piece in The Toronto Star about the moral panic over sex work, Shree Paradkar shared this account of former sex worker Jane Li, back in October 2022: Numerous police ripped out the door to [Li’s] place and piled in. Was she a sex worker, they asked. She used to be one, but not any more due to health issues. Instead, she used her meagre English skills to take phone calls for other workers who spoke no English at all, and describe the services they offered and the rates they charged.
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Migrant Sex Workers’ Resistance Offers a Blueprint for Fighting Authoritarianism

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By Chanelle Gallant, Elene Lam, Turner Willman, Turner worked
| Truthout Verified
Few people think of their local massage parlor as a site of anti-fascist resistance. But we’ve spent years working with migrant women in the sex industry, and we can tell you — if you want to learn how to resist authoritarianism in the United States, ask those already resisting it: migrant sex workers. President Donald Trump has wasted no time launching the first wave of his administration’s draconian anti-immigrant, anti-worker and anti-woman Project 2025 agenda.
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