User:Sidney Gordon/Evaluate an Article

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Davie Village

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Vancouver's Davie Village has a long and disturbing history of outdoor sex work erasure. The lack of easily accessible information on this topic only contributes to this erasure, and the masked perceptions of these areas.

Evaluate the article
Wikipedia's "Davie Village" Article, gives a general overview of the location and culture of the neighbourhood while portraying a masked perception of its history. The content of the article remains brief, yet covers the grounds for a foundational understanding of the neighbourhood. It begins will with a description of its location and nicknames, and I was happy to see some of the staple community shops outlined in the overview. However, as far is its history goes, there is not much described other than the dates of the naming and banner commissions. Vancouver's West End has quite the history for erasure of outdoor sex workers. Throughout the 1970's the was a visible outdoor sex work community. This community included both cis, transgender and cross-dressing workers that looked out for and supported one another. This all came to an end in 1980, when a group called CROWE (Concerned Residents of the West End), consisting of primarily cis white gay men, filed an injunction that forcibly removed sex workers from the West End. This was the beginning of many vicious cycles of erasure that pushed workers throughout different areas, landing them now in the DTES, where they are facing more dangerous conditions than ever before. The lack of information and public knowledge on these erasures is what has made is so easy for them to continue. Adding information on this history, the memorial lamp-post and supportive businesses within the area would help bring a greater, more inclusive perspective of Davie Village. These histories need to be more known to prevent them from occurring. Adding this information would be very beneficial. Otherwise, "Davie Village" is a neutrally written, validly sources article, written as brief tourism information source. Much more needs to be addressed to move past a surface-level portrayal of this area.