“Without decriminalisation, we are susceptible to police harassment, bullying, and arrest.”
Tag: decriminalisation
‘They will kill me without even thinking’: Gay Afghans living in fear
Gay people in Afghanistan are too afraid of the Taliban to leave their homes.
‘Long past time’: Victoria to decriminalise sex work
The state is the latest Australian jurisdiction to overhaul its sex work laws.
Decriminalising gay sex key to HIV fight, expert says
More than 60 countries still criminalise homosexuality.
US massage killings reflect anti-Asian hate crime spike, activists say
“This attack follows a cruel and disturbing trend of increased violence targeting Asian people.”
Unions throw support behind sex work decriminalisation
Sex workers and supporters rallied in Brisbane to call for an end to criminalisation.
Australia Day honours for LGBTIQ advocates amid Margaret Court protests
Recipients have rejected the national honours in solidarity with the LGBTIQ community.
US sex workers celebrate activist history through art project
The sex worker rights movement dates back over 100 years.
Sex workers ‘devastated’ by pandemic demand decriminalisation
“COVID-19 has had a devastating and unprecedented impact on sex workers in Victoria.”
VP-elect Kamala Harris divides sex workers, LGBTIQ Americans
Kamala Harris has been called “no friend to trans or Black women”.
Sex worker rape verdict raises need for law review
A former actor has been jailed over failing to pay two male escorts.
Revolting whores and Black uprisings: Remembering our roots
"Our community is as vast as it is diverse, and far too many of us know the pain of state-endorsed violence."
Queensland sex workers demand decriminalisation
Activists are calling for an end to unsafe laws and police harassment.
‘Surveillance and entrapment’: Fighting for sex worker rights
On International Sex Worker Rights Day, workers call for an end to stigma and criminalisation.
Irish trans sex worker wins conviction against assailant
She fought off the violent client by hitting him in the groin.
All sex workers want for Christmas is decriminalisation
Christmas is the busiest time of year for sex workers, but the gift we really want is to be treated justly, writes Dr Elena Jeffreys.
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