"There are few greater threats to systems of gender, labor, and power than unapologetic sex workers."
~ NY-based sex worker, writer, and activist Lane Champagne
~ NY-based sex worker, writer, and activist Lane Champagne
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Meet your guide.
I'm Kim WilliamsProfessor | Writer | Activist |
Feminist Killjoy | Cricket's Human🐾 |
Adventure back to Calgary's early days, when our city was notorious as “the booze, brothel, and gambling capital" of the Canadian West.
The tour makes visible some of the places, politics, and people that shaped our city's adult consensual sex industry. From "bawdy houses" to moral crusades to the Calgary Stampede, this talk offers a fascinating glimpse into a hidden chapter of our city's past, shedding light on a complex intersection of commerce, culture, and controversy while calling attention to the crucial role sex workers played in making Calgary the city we know today. Let's go find it -- together! |
The tour takes place in Treaty 7 Territory, where the Elbow River meets the Bow, on the hereditary homelands of the Niitsitapi (the Blackfoot Confederacy: Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai), the Îyârhe Nakoda (Wesley, Chiniki, and Bearspaw) and Tsuut'ina Nations,
and of the Métis Nation of Alberta, Districts 5 and 6.
and of the Métis Nation of Alberta, Districts 5 and 6.
