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Buying Sex is Not a Sport
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Buying Sex is Not a Sport: Vancouver Initiative to Prevent Human Trafficking (BSNS) was a grassroots campaign that raised awareness about the human trafficking thought to surround the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that some claimed facilitated the provision of prostitution for visitors. According to the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, "The hype around large sporting events and increases in trafficking for prostitution is often based on misinformation, poor data, and a tendency to sensationalise. Despite the lack of evidence, this idea continues to hold great appeal for prostitution abolitionist groups, anti-immigration groups, and a number of politicians, scholars and journalists."
The campaign was launched on May 22, 2009 and was created by academics and former prostitutes. Tara Teng, who was Miss B.C. World at the time, participated in the campaign, as did Trisha Baptie, a former sex worker. Multiple organizations opposing human trafficking were involved in the campaign, including Resist Exploitation, Embrace Dignity; and Eve. T-shirts and lapel pins sporting the name of the campaign were sold. Former prostitutes who participated in the campaign called for the implementation of prostitution laws in Canada analogous to , which makes purchasing sex illegal as a form of violence against women.
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