"Sex workers are human."
 

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/imag...1.41.23_PM.png Yesterday, approximately 40 people marched down Bourbon Street in observance of International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Wearing red petticoats and carrying red parasols, the group paid tribute to the 174 women who were murdered while engaging in sex work this year.*Of these victims, a disproportionate number were black.


"In the U.S., more than half of the victims have been African-American consistently, which is totally disproportionate," says Katherine Koster, communications director for the Sex Workers Outreach Program (SWOP).? [ Read more ]

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