An INCITE! affiliate carefully unpacks the ways in which law and policy affects youth, especially LGBTQ and youth of color, in a response to Rinku Sen’s article in Colorlines. “There are no simple answers,” comments the INCITE! affiliate and collective of radical women of color, queer people of color and Indigenous people who identify as people in the sex trade. The INCITE! affiliate response illustrates that “current ways of thinking about trafficking and the sex trade make LGBTQ youth invisible” and that New York City’s Safe Harbor Act fails youth, and builds a critique of Rinku Sen’s depiction of the “simple solutions” offered by GEMS (a New York City based program for girls).
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April 21, 2011, Amy Lieberman of Womens ENews described public art actions in New York City which raised awareness about Recommendation 86. Lieberman describes how advocates are “pushing for safer conditions on the ground that will make it easier to detect people who are coerced into transactional sex.” The full article includes a photo of advocates from SWOP-NYC and quotes from key service providers in the area.
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The Red Umbrella Project is calling for an amnesty for Long Island sex workers until the killer is found so that sex workers can step forward and provide information about the case without fear of arrest.
New York City advocates respond to April 2011 press coverage of the discovery of the bodies of four more women murdered on Long Island. Read BPPP’s media analysis and the SWANK/SWOP-NYC press release.