Toronto in the 1980s was embroiled in intense debates about the place of sex work in society. The passing of new legislation in 1985 criminalizing communication for the purposes of prostitution led to increased police harassment of outdoor sex workers. Within a gentrifying urban neighborhood, homeowners created a neighborhood organization, the South of Carlton Association, with the express purpose of collaborating with Metro Police and City Council to remove sex workers from the downtown stroll. In turn, sex worker activists in the Canadian Organization for the Rights of Prostitutes practiced a range of strategies to challenge this oppression—including archiving their resistance.

1980 年代的多伦多卷入了关于性工作在社会中的地位的激烈辩论。1985 年通过的新立法将以卖淫为目的的交流定为犯罪，导致警察对户外性工作者的骚扰增加。在一个高档化的城市社区中，房主创建了一个社区组织，即卡尔顿南部协会，其明确目的是与地铁警察和市议会合作，将性工作者从市中心的漫步中移除。反过来，加拿大妓女权利组织的性工作者活动家采取了一系列策略来挑战这种压迫——包括归档他们的抵抗。