Constellation Special Working Conditions

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial

Chapter 1 - The law and your rights
The Canadian Criminal Code
How to work without being criminalized
Working at home, ads and communication
Nude dancing
Erotic telephone lines
Municipal by-laws and the Highway Code
Identification
Arrest
Your rights
References to legal aid services
Your obligations
You can be arrested with or without a warrant
Interrogation
Frisking-searches
Minor offenses
If you are required to appear in court
No-go zones / ‘‘quadrilatères’’
Police malpractice and police brutality
Request for a pardon
Making a complaint to the Quebec Press Council
To file a complaint concerning Health and Social services
Useful telephone numbers and addresses

Chapter 2 - Working safely on the street
Preparing for work
Securing your work environment
Dealing with client
When negotiating safer sex
When a client continues to insist on unsafe sex
If you have a client who uses drugs
If a client becomes violent
What to do following a violent incident
BETTIE: Advice from a pro
Fanny: my 12 tips for being in control

Chapter 3 - Working safely as an escort
The Girl Friend Experience (GFE)
Working in an agency
Working as an independent
The famous review sites
For your safety
Glossary of terms used by the clients of escorts
ANNABELLE: Becoming an escort at forty
Julie: in-calls
Suzie: doing in-calls outside Montreal
Julia: travelling with a client
Annik: starting an agency
Joanie: in-call agency for BBW (big, beautiful women)
Jean-Marc: blogs and technology
Training in technology

Chapter 4 - Working safely as a masseuse
Your safety
Finding a good massage parlor
Your health
PAMELA: Working in a massage parlor
Chloé: independent masseuse
Transsexual massage

Chapter 5 - Working safely as an exotic dancer
Getting started
Whether you work freelance or on a ‘fixed schedule’
Working for an agent
Staying healthy and safe on the job
Dancing on the stage
Dancing on the main floor – table dancing
Booths and VIP rooms
Dancing at private parties
STÉPHANIE: Straight dancing
Tammy: contact dancing
Leigh Landon: Madame Feature
Sandy: duo dancing
Jerome from Fantaisies Sensation 2000: Placement agency

Chapter 6 - Working safely in the webcam industry
Finding the right company for you
Your health
ALICIA ROZE: Webcam girl
Ava Mir-Ausziehen: doing webcam
Wendy: webcam businesswoman
Alex: webcam businessman
Inge: sex toys

Chapter 7 - Working safely in the porn industry
Contracts or release forms for a photo shoot or a film
Your health
Finding the right company for you
A Porn Glossary
SESKA: Porn star
Hellizabeth: porn actress
Monica: porn for women

Chapter 8 - Working safely as a dominatrix
Where to work
Your safety
Your health
Activities that present a risk
Glossary: domination
Goddess Starla: the dungeon
MISTRESS A.: Independent dominatrix

Chapter 9 - Developing your saving sense
Making a budget
Budget form
STÉPHANIE: Declaring your income
Completing income tax forms for no charge
Albert: how to build a credit rating
Lili-Jade: thousands of dollars blown away
Mariane: investing for your future
Further reading

Health Capsules
1 - Canadian criminal law and HIV
2 - HIV status disclosure and sharing paraphernalia for drug use
3 - HIV
4 - Penetration
5 - Fellatio
6 - Advice on taking hormones
7 - Cunnilingus and rimming
8 - Masturbation and penetration with the hand
9 - Taking care of your sex toys
10 - Condylomas and HPV
11 - Crabs and scabies
12 - Vaginitis
13 - Gonorrhea
14 - Chlamydia
15 - Herpes
16 - Syphilis
17 - Hepatitis A and B
18 - Hepatitis C
19 - Preventing burnout
20 - The rape drug
21 - Sexual assault
22 - Health resources

THANKS TO

Editor - Search and development
Émilie-Cloé Laliberté

Artistic direction - Graphic Design
Catherine Tessier, Pulpe

Cover - Centerfold - Illustrations
Jean-François Danel

Reading committee
Elsa Lemaire – Committee Coordinator
Pascale Robitaille
Mélanie Martel
Émilie-Cloé Laliberté

Translation
Michael Hendricks a.k.a. Chérie l’Amour (and René, for his patience!)
Stella Dillon-Poirier
Catherine Ricard
Émilie-Cloé Laliberté

Verification
Michael Hendricks
Judith Cooper
Audrée Favreau-Pinet
Gigi du Minneapolis

Contributors
Niko, Bettie, Fanny, Joanie, Annabelle, Julia, Jean-Marc, Suzie, Julie, Annik,
Chloé, Pamela, Shanel, Jérôme, Tammy, Stéphanie L., Leigh, Sandy, Alicia,
Ava, Wendy, Alex, Inge, Hellizabeth, Seska, $pread, Monica, Goddess Starla,
Maîtresse A., Albert, Elsa, Lili-Jade, Mariane, Stéphanie M., Dominic inf.,
Marie-Ève md., Pénélope inf., Roger, Marie-Claude, Arianne, C.A. de Stella.