About Us
We bring together diverse communities and sectors to collaboratively improve the health and safety of sex workers.
OUR STORY
Our story starts in 2003, when 67 sex workers had gone missing and/or had been murdered in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
OUR MODEL
Our model brings together sex workers and folks with various experiences with sex work.
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
We offer various live workshops to increase knowledge about sex work and help improve services and supports for sex workers.
Living in Community: Understanding Perspectives on the Sex Industry highlights our unique community development model developed in 2004. We bring together diverse stakeholders to collaboratively improve the health and safety of sex workers while reducing stigma and harm.
This video explores LIC's innovative model and demonstrates how it has made an impact on communities in Vancouver and beyond.
Hand-drawn video produced by flippinpictures.com.
Check out our Advocacy Toolkit
Now online! Our advocacy toolkit outlines ways that people from every sector can be part of putting the recommendations from our 2023 conference into action. It includes:
an overview of our approach to advocacy
the jurisdiction of each level of colonial government in Canada when it comes to sex work
SIX key recommendations to get started as part of the movement for sex workers' rights
the recommendations from our 2023 conference, organized by sector
Living in Community works with many organizations across British Columbia and in the Yukon that provide safe and accessible services and supports to sex workers. Browse this map to see what services are available in your region, or scroll down to search by service or by location to find an organization that suits your needs.
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Registered Charity number: 70082 4477 RR0001