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Sex Work: John Caffery and Hiv Aids

sex work: John Caffery, the project's founder, thought the arrest was a pointed reminder of the LGBTQ community's struggles at a time when young people are claiming space and celebrating heroes, according to NOW Magazine. The posters feature 11 activists, among them bell hooks, George Takei, Sylvia Rivera, Syrus Marcus Ware and Alex Abramovich, whose work encompasses issues such as race, class, gender, HIV/AIDS and sex work. Coincidentally, that same day alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur was arrested. The goal is to educate youth about the broad spectrum of 2SLGBTQ identities and communities. One of the Progressive Conservative leader's key campaign promises was to scrap the outgoing Liberal government's sex-ed curriculum. So far there's a lot of interest Hall of Justice posters are displayed in 109 schools across the Toronto District School Board TDSB . As Pride month began and Caffery prepared to exhibit the posters again as part of art festival Nuit Rose, he received another reminder that the struggle is not over the election of Doug Ford as Ontario's next premier. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.