The fourth annual National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV (“Day of Action”) could not be more timely with the recent allusions to “quarantining” people living with HIV, and long-overdue attention finally be paid to issues of violence and harassment against women.
As courts confront challenges to prostitution laws that pile fines and criminal records on people who get paid for consensual sex, we’re making our position clear: we see no constitutionally adequate basis to criminalize sex solely because one consenting adult pays another.
Today, on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, sex workers and their allies will rally to “renew our commitment to the on-going struggle for empowerment, visibility, and rights for all sex workers.”
Today, several LGBT rights organizations across the country issued the following joint statement in support of Amnesty International’s August 11th resolution supporting sex worker human rights.