Sex Workers Describe The Policy Reforms That Would Actually Help Them

SYNOPSIS

This Bustle article by Jo Yurcaba breaks down just a few of the issues facing sex workers in light of FOSTA-SESTA, and some of the reforms they say would actually help them. In the piece, former and current sex workers discuss what legislatures can do to truly improve conditions on the streets and beyond.

“The ideal political platform for sex workers is not one crafted by people who aim to "save" or "protect" them, but one that's created by sex workers themselves.”

TAKEAWAYS

What’s Working-When it comes to sex workers needs and rights, almost all parties involved agree-change on the outside needs to be informed by those on the inside.

FOSTA-SESTA Does Not Protect-In October, NOW Vice President Christian Nunes opposed a proposed decriminalization bill in Washington D.C., saying, "Prostitution is the only form of employment that intersects with forms of violence and other illegal activities”.

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