#sexwork is real work. Like all workers, sex workers have a right to safety, to dignity,and to exercise their #humanrights and #autonomy.
#sexwork needs to be #decriminalized. When it is kept in the shadows, sex workers have little to no protection, and are vulnerable. We have seen precious lives lost to violence again and again.
Today, we #remember those whose lives were taken, and work for #change.
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@thetyee IMHO all drugs should be #decriminalized so that #HarmReduction can work and people can get clean, non-adultered stuff from safe sources and #OrganizedCrime would be #defunded...
But that assumes the #DrugWar wasn't about pushing #facism and the #PoliceState...
A Year After #Singapore #Decriminalized #Gay #Sex, Its #LGBT #Community Turns Attention to #family
The first #PinkDot in 2009 wasn’t overtly #political. Its aim was primarily to provide a #SafeSpace for #LGBT individuals to come together in #singapore. But that changed over the years.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SoutheastAsia #Singapore #Representation #Culture
20 years after a #breakthrough #Texas #case #LawrenceVTexas launched a new #era of #gayrights, #trans #people are still in the #fight
The #US #SupremeCourt paved the way for major #civilrights #victories for #queer #Americans in the 2003 decision that #decriminalized #homosexuality. But #progress for #LGBTQ people has been uneven.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Politics #Progress
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/26/lawrence-v-texas-lgbtq-rights/
The statement comes from #Metropolitan #PoliceCommissioner #MarkRowley after #gayrights #activist #PeterTatchell launched a #campaign calling for all #British #policedepartments to #apologize for “past #homophobic #witchhunts,” which continued long after #Britain #decriminalized #private #sexual #acts between #men in 1967.
— It's a good start now they need to prove they really meant it.
🇨🇦 Effective today, adults 18+ in British Columbia won’t face #criminal charges for having small amounts of some illicit narcotics in their possession.
🇨🇦 Get #details and full list of illegal drugs or substances #decriminalized by British Columbia! 👇
https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/british-columbia-decriminalization-of-drugs-all-you-need-to-know/
i hope this sets precedent and becomes the norm, with a higher limit
Starting Tuesday, it is no longer a criminal offence to possess small amounts of certain illicit drugs in B.C. for people aged 18 or above. Here’s what you need to know about the province's drug decriminalization pilot.
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