Co-ops and Sexual Health

Today on Each for All, Lindsay and Robin look at the role co-operatives can play in promoting sexual health in a variety of social contexts.Dr. Carol Queen, Sexologist, discusses the transitions in organizational structure that have taken place throughout the history of legendary American sex toy and education outlet Good Vibrations.Sarah Forbes-Roberts of Toronto sex toy shop Come As You Are provides background, activities, and issues related to their co-operative.Miss Muffy, Madam, dancer, and worker-owner with The Lusty Lady Theatre tells us about the world's only unionized, worker-owned peep show co-op.Jamie Lee Hamilton, sex trade worker advocate, addresses legal issues with sex worker co-ops, including specific sections of the Criminal Code. You can read her blog at http://downtowneastside.blogspot.com/ Susan Davis, member of the B.C. Coalition of Experiential Women (BCCEW) and sex worker for 21 years, speaks about the development of the firstsex worker co-op in Canada to be incorporated in November, inspired by Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), a consortium of sex workers in India.Additional sites for further information are:PACE (Prostitution Alternatives Counselling & Education) SocietyPEERS (Prostitutes Empowerment Education and Resource Society)
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