Audacia Ray

sex workers' global village: Sex Workers and Allies Call for Change in U.S. Policy on Sex Work and HIV

sexworkersglobalvillage:

More than two hundred organizations and individuals have signed on to a declaration demanding the U.S. repeal and eliminate restrictions on domestic and global AIDS funds, which currently prevent sex workers around the world from receiving life saving HIV services and medicines. The statement, drafted by a coalition of sex workers and allies based in the United States, also calls for the U.S. to repeal the prostitution inadmissibility ground for immigration; that sex workers not be subjected to arrests, court proceedings, detention, mandatory testing or government-mandated “rehabilitation” programs; and that the U.S. reorient anti-trafficking campaigns to be in line with the standards set by the United Nations.