It is UNACCEPTABLE to be verbally or physically aggressive towards a sex worker. This behavior is considered a criminal offence and therefore, carries the possibility of a criminal charge. If you assault a sex worker, you are no longer a client. You are an aggressor. If a sex worker reports an assault to law enforcement and/or participating organizations, it is important to be aware that the specifics of the assault will appear on the BAD DATE REPORT currently published by WISH and updated as new information is collected. This report is also available to community and can be accessed through sex worker organizations, drop-in clinics and neighborhood houses throughout Vancouver and the lower mainland.

We ask that you conduct yourselves with dignity and respect. If you are unclear of what A CRIMINAL/SEXUAL assault looks like, listed below are some examples.

You are guilty of an assault:

• If you are verbally or physically aggressive towards a sex worker, threatening or intending bodily harm
• If you use physical force to control or hurt, for example pushing down the head of a sex worker during fellatio
• If you touch a sex worker in a way that they are uncomfortable with, when she or he asks you to stop
• If you force a sex worker to perform a sexual act that was not negotiated in advance as part of a service, or a sexual act that she or he has not agreed to give
• If you steal money from a sex worker