1997年時任台北市長陳水扁在沒有任何配套措施下,草率廢除「臺北市娼妓管理辦法」,128名公娼一夕間失去合法的性工作權,引發軒然大波,公娼群起抗爭,手舉抗議白布條「我們不要補助,我們只要基本工作權。」
In 1997, then-Taipei Mayor Chen Shui-Bian hastily abolished the Taipei City Regulations on the Management of Prostitutes without any supporting measures. Overnight, 128 licensed sex workers lost their legal right to work, sparking an uproar. Protests erupted as workers held banners declaring: "We don’t want subsidies, we just want basic labor rights."