Sex Workers Are People Too, Says Ad Campaign

Stepping Stone, a Canadian advocacy group for sex workers, launched a print campaign earlier this year aimed at humanizing the image of prostitutes. "I'm proud of my tramp, raising two kids on her own," reads the headline of one ad, followed by the statement, "Sex workers are daughters too." Other executions focus on prostitutes as loving mothers and sisters. In a new interview with Canada's National Post, the nonprofit's executive director says the campaign was motivated in part by the way prostitutes are referenced in crime coverage.