Vancouver Massage Parlors: The Brothel Project Review
In a city known for high tea, seniors, gardens, and perhaps most epitomized by the expression the newly wed and the nearly dead, there is another lesser known, but equally thriving element to the coastal city of Victoria the sex trade. In a debut film by director April Butler-Parry and written by Gillian Hrankowski, The Brothel Project explores Victorias best-kept secret via a new 52-minute documentary.
The Brothel Project follows journalist and activist Jody Paterson and University of Victoria researcher, activist and former sex worker Lauren Casey as they set out to challenge mainstream thinking, debunk stereotypes, and open the first ever legal co-op brothel, operated by sex workers for sex workers in Victoria, British Columbia.
Currently, there are estimated to be four underground brothels operating in the quaint Vancouver Island city, under the guise of massage parlors or escort agencies, with almost 1000 independent escorts licensed with the city who work as indoor sex workers. In Canada, the act of prostitution itself is not illegal, but everything surrounding it is.
See the full article from “PEJ News”