Chez Stella, an awesome Canadian sex worker support organization that offers up information in both English and French, has just debuted a new pamphlet, 14 Answers to Your Questions.

Here are the questions they answer:

1. WHY USE THE TERM SEX WORK INSTEAD OF PROSTITUTION?

2. WHAT DO SEX WORKERS DO?

3. WHY DO SEX WORKERS DO THIS WORK?

4. IS PROSTITUTION LEGAL IN CANADA?

5. WHAT DO SEX WORKERS AGREE OR REFUSE TO DO?

6. ARE SEX WORKERS UNDER THE CONTROL OF PIMPS?

7. DO SEX WORKERS HAVE A LOVE LIFE?

8. DO SEX WORKERS DISCUSS THEIR WORK WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY?

9. HAVE SEX WORKERS BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED DURING THEIR CHILDHOOD?

10. DO SEX WORKERS USE DRUGS?

11. ARE SEX WORKERS VULNERABLE TO HIV?

12. WHAT IMPACT DOES SEX WORK HAVE ON THE HEALTH OF WORKERS?

13. WHAT DO SEX WORKERS NEED?

14. HOW TO BETTER INTERVENE WITH SEX WORKERS?

You can read the answers or download a PDF of the booklet here.

The following is from the site’s information page:
The Prostitutes’ Education Network is an information service about legislative and cultural issues as they effect prostitutes and other sex workers. The service is comprised of information for sex workers and activists/educators who study issues of decriminalization, human rights in the context of prostitution, violence against prostitutes and women, sex workers and pornography, as well as current trends in legislation and social policy in the U.S. and internationally.

Material from the following organizations is included: The National Task Force on Prostitution (U.S.), PONY- Prostitutes of New York (N.Y.), SWOP-Sex Worker’s Outreach Project (NSW, Australia), SWAC- Sex Worker’s Action Coalition (Oakland), Toronto Safe Sex Project, COYOTE -Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics (San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle), HIRE- Hooking Is Real Employment (Atlanta, Georgia), SIN- Sex Industry Network (Adelaide, Australia), SWAV -Sex Worker’s Alliance of Vancouver (British Columbia), Danzine (Portland, Oregon), and the Exotic Dancer’s Alliance (San Francisco).

Information distributed includes AIDS reports, materials from The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Task Force on Prostitution, testimony and stories by workers, health and community outreach reports, sex worker art and more.

Through PENet, sex workers and others who research prostitution issues may find or request information and get connected with others who advocate for sex workers’ rights in their geographical area.

PENet may also be reached at:
P.O. Box 210256
San Francisco, CA 94121
415-751-1659

penet@bayswan.org