[3] This was the beginning of her 15-year period in the sex-industry, both indoor and outdoor, most of which was spent in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside area.
[4] In 2007, Baptie became a citizen journalist for Orato, an online newspaper,[citation needed] to cover the murder trial of Robert Pickton, most of whose victims were picked up from the Downtown Eastside.
[6] In 2009–2010, Baptie was a community mobilizer in the Buying Sex is Not a Sport campaign in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver.
[7] She was a focal speaker in the Langara Dialogues, a public forum in which the subjects of prostitution, human trafficking, community responsibility, abolition, legalization, and their ties to the Olympics were discussed and debated.
She also joined Christine Barkhouse, Natasha Falle, Katarina MacLeod, and Bridget Perrier in Toronto, in picketing the repeal of prostitution laws.