Activism january 14, 2021 what sex workers want kamala harris to know the incoming vice president has the opportunity to redress the harm she's caused. Kamala harris helped shut down backpage.com Sex workers are still feeling the fallout She literally started it all, her former deputy said. Unpacking kamala harris's record on trans and sex work issues from denying affirming healthcare to a trans inmate to barring forums sex workers used to protect themselves, the former top cop has a concerning record of endangering our community's most marginalized members. Vice president harris ' campaign is declining to say whether she still supports decriminalizing sex work — a position she took while running for president in 2019
It's among several progressive stances harris has either abandoned or gone silent on as she's moved toward the center in her abbreviated race for the white house. Kamala harris, a frontrunner in the burgeoning 2020 race for the democratic nomination for president, is addressing criticisms of her criminal Senator and presidential candidate kamala harris announced in an interview with the root on tuesday morning that she supports decriminalizing sex work, a position that some find surprising. Sex workers have long criticized harris for her role in marginalizing their community by conflating sex work with sex trafficking There are lots of good reasons to root for kamala harris, melissa petro, a writer and former sex worker, wrote in the establishment in 2017.
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