condo owners waging war on trans women sex pros
it appears that yuppie condo dwellers in downtown toronto are waging war against working women who have long called their neighbourhood home. euphemistic groups call for euphemistic meetings: as per their craigslist ad below, weekly 'meetings' - ostensibly a euphemism for transphobic vigilante mob - will be wandering through the streets loaded with flashlights and their unchecked cis, class, (and likely racial) privilege.

there have been no incidents, no safety concerns, nothing that could ever justify this as anything but a moralistic crusade against sex workers, particularly trans women sex workers. the only people who have been killed in the neighbourhood as a direct result of 'prostitution' (sic) have been sex workers themselves, most notably the triple murder of three sex workers (two trans and one cis) on homewood avenue in 1997.

these (presumably cis) condo dwellers, armed with their granite counter and bank-supported real estate are taking on a harshly marginilized group of people and only further entrenching the social exclusion they experience. through their actions, these cis men and women are clearly putting it out there that trans women are certainly less deserving of a safe and stable place to live and work.

here's the aforementioned ad....
The Homewood-Maitland Safety Association is meeting on the corner of Maitland Place and Homewood Avenue - near Wellesley and Jarvis intersections - every Fridays and Saturdays at 11 PM to fight prostitution and crime in our neighbourhood. We are asking every concerned and/or victims of crimes and prostitution to join us for a meeting and an evening of community action to fight this plague that is Prostitution in this neighbourhood. JOIN US !!! Come Friday evening at 11 PM - Bring a Flashlight! Thank you for helping your community! HomewoodMaitlandSafety@gmail.com

this friday there will be a significant number of activists and allies making certain we join this meeting. please consider coming as well.