Kamala harris helped shut down backpage.com Sex workers are still feeling the fallout She literally started it all, her former deputy said. 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. 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. In an open letter, sex workers laid out how a harris administration could rein in danger and criminalization. Kamala harris, a frontrunner in the burgeoning 2020 race for the democratic nomination for president, is addressing criticisms of her criminal Sex workers don't trust kamala harris and for good reason during her time as attorney general of california, from 2011 to 2017, she declared war on backpage.com, arguing that it was a hub for sex trafficking While some shady business went down on backpage, it was, by and large, a safe space for sex workers to not only obtain work but vet.
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