Citations
Introduction: Building the Archive
Jelena Vermilion fonds, F0199, The ArQuives, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
SWAP - Sex Workers’ Action Program Hamilton. “We at SWAP are happy to announce that we have donated our large archival collection of sex work books to the Hamilton Public Library!” Facebook, June 2, 2021, 9:38 pm, https://www.facebook.com/SWAPHamilton/posts/880393702830931
Jelena Vermilion
Jelena Vermilion fonds, F0199, The ArQuives, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Saluja, Yanika, host. “Sex in the Archives” We Met U When (podcast), JRN Radio. December 13, 2024, accessed April 6, 2025. https://radio.journalism.torontomu.ca/we-met-u-when-season-3-episode-3-sex-in-the-archives
Sex Work Activism & Carol Leigh
Leigh, Carol. Unrepentant Whore: The Collected Works of Scarlot Harlot. San Francisco, California: Last Gasp, 2004.
Leigh, Carol. “Inventing Sex Work.” Essay. In Whores and Other Feminists, edited by Jill Nagle, 225–31. Routledge, 1997.
Jelena Vermillion fonds, F0199, The ArQuives, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Marquez, Kate, Annie Sprinkle, Beth Stephens, Jovelyn Richards, Carol Queen, Erica Berman, Kim Teevan, Bambi, Kaytlin Bailey, and Leah Moon. Carol Leigh a.k.a. Scarlot Harlot, December 15, 2023. https://carolleighmemorial.com/.
Sylvia Rivera, interview by Leslie Feinberg, Workers World Service, 1998; reprinted in The Queer Bible, 2017. https://www.queerbible.com/queerbible/2017/10/8/interview-sylvia-rivera-by-leslie-feinberg.
Rights, not Rescue: SWAP Hamilton
Antonacci, J.P. “Support centre for sex works opens in East Hamilton.” The Hamilton Spectator, May 24, 2022. https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/support-centre-for-sex-workers-opens-in-east-hamilton/article_3cd66bc0-2ed8-5aab-b5b3-83047b155e8f.html.
Brown, Desmond. "Advocates argue for full decriminalization of sex work in Canada as landmark hearing begins." CBC/Radio-Canada, October 3, 2022. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/superior-court-hearing-decriminalization-of-sex-work-canada-1.6604546
Hristova, Bobby. "Ontario court's dismissal of sex workers' charter challenge is unjust, says Hamilton advocate." CBC/Radio-Canada, September 20, 2023. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/sex-workers-reaction-1.6971466
Jelena Vermilion fonds, F0199, The ArQuives, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
McMaster University Office of Community Engagement. Literature Review of Canadian Sex Workers' Experiences with Police Interactions, Healthcare Access, and Social Exclusion. Prepared by the McMaster Research Shop for Sex Workers' Action Program Hamilton, May 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/11375/29938
Moro, Teviah. “YWCA Hamilton to lead gender-based safety audit of public spaces.” The Hamilton Spectator, Sept 26, 2023. https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/ywca-hamilton-to-lead-gender-based-safety-audit-of-public-spaces/article_1a0fe2e7-4c1b-56b1-a141-76210156c7de.html
“New book tells stories of what it's really like to be a sex worker.” March 28, 2023, CHCH News, 6:09. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQnAXe2KIC8
Lee, Sam. “Long Table event to explore sex work history and advocacy in Hamilton.” The Silhouette, Feb 12, 2025.
https://thesil.ca/long-table-event-to-explore-sex-work-history-and-advocacy-in-hamilton/
Vermilion, Jelena. SWAP Hamilton’s Sex Worker Research Results & Meta-analysis. Prepared by SWAP Hamilton in collaboration with YWCA Hamilton, 2024.
SWAP Hamilton's Media Library Archive
Jelena Vermilion fonds, F0199, The ArQuives, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
“Moka Dawkins.” Ontario Community Changemakers, July 19, 2021. https://ontariocommunitychangemakers.org/changemaker/moka-dawkins/.
“Reflecting on Alisha’s ‘Freedom Day’ Anniversary!” Support Ho(s)e, July 15, 2024. https://sxhxcollective.org/2024/07/15/reflecting-on-alishas-freedom-day-anniversary/
SWAP Hamilton's Events
Beattie, Samantha. “Sex Workers’ Film Festival — a 1st in Canada — Aims to Inspire Empathy, Says Hamilton Organizer.” CBC/Radio-Canada, August 1, 2024. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/sex-workers-film-festival-1.7280726.
“Diverse talents showcased at the Sex Workers' Film and Arts Festival in Hamilton.” Aug 1, 2024, CHCH-TV, 4:38. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPr7FLRzP_E
Jelena Vermillion fonds, F0199, The ArQuives, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
“Vigil held for woman sexually assaulted in Hamilton.” July 15, 2022, CHCH-TV, 2:07. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVW4wRxA2K4
Sex Worker Portrait Series
Jelena Vermillion fonds, F0199, The ArQuives, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.