Comments on: Five Reasons Sex Workers in the US Should Care About the International AIDS Conference https://titsandsass.com/five-reasons-sex-workers-in-the-us-should-care-about-the-international-aids-conference/ By and about sex workers Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:09:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Cinco razones por las que lxs trabajadorxs sexuales de USA deberían preocuparse por la Conferencia Internacional del SIDA | El estante de la Citi https://titsandsass.com/five-reasons-sex-workers-in-the-us-should-care-about-the-international-aids-conference/#comment-2899 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:09:38 +0000 https://titsandsass.com/?p=7480#comment-2899 […] https://titsandsass.com/?p=7480   […]

]]> By: Audacia Ray https://titsandsass.com/five-reasons-sex-workers-in-the-us-should-care-about-the-international-aids-conference/#comment-2710 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:22:12 +0000 https://titsandsass.com/?p=7480#comment-2710 In reply to Elisabeth.

The Supreme Court decision from last year only applies to US-based orgs (its a freedom of speech case), so international orgs still sign a contract that includes the anti-prostitution language in it. The clause, however, is not a separate pledge, as it once was – but its still some really murky stuff.

]]> By: Elisabeth https://titsandsass.com/five-reasons-sex-workers-in-the-us-should-care-about-the-international-aids-conference/#comment-2694 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:18:05 +0000 https://titsandsass.com/?p=7480#comment-2694 I must be missing something – in July 2011, a federal court of appeals enjoined the US from forcing NGOs to take the pledge as a condition for accepting funding. The Supreme Court hasn’t taken it up for consideration (not for the 2012 “season”, anyways).

Is there a reason no one is doing a happy dance? Please enlighten me! Thanks.

Court opinion here (thanks to NYU’s Brennan Center for helping litigate this) http://brennan.3cdn.net/3b080c9f787a34860c_gdm6b9xbx.pdf

]]> By: Aphrodite Phoenix https://titsandsass.com/five-reasons-sex-workers-in-the-us-should-care-about-the-international-aids-conference/#comment-2690 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:02:04 +0000 https://titsandsass.com/?p=7480#comment-2690 Thank you Audacia for once again helping to raise my consciousness to global support for sex workers. Please keep me posted.

]]> By: Susan https://titsandsass.com/five-reasons-sex-workers-in-the-us-should-care-about-the-international-aids-conference/#comment-2650 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:01:58 +0000 https://titsandsass.com/?p=7480#comment-2650 Hear, Hear!! Thanks for writing that, Audacia.

I had the privilege of attending the WAC in Mexico City in 2008 and it was amazing to be surrounded by so many sex workers from around the world. There were sex workers from Mexico to Madagascar! It was an incredible experience, and I strongly urge anyone who loves a good gathering of sex workers to attend. If you liked Desiree Alliance’s conferences, the WAC Global Village will blow you away! 🙂

]]> By: Deena https://titsandsass.com/five-reasons-sex-workers-in-the-us-should-care-about-the-international-aids-conference/#comment-2648 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:07:15 +0000 https://titsandsass.com/?p=7480#comment-2648 I second this and am an abstract “advisor” for the Minority AIDS Council with a focus on the sex industry. I went to the last IAC in Vienna, at which sex workers’ groups had a strong presence and I would love to see that replicated in DC. We have a duty to challenge the idea that sex workers are the spreaders of infections and work to guarantee safe access to prevention methods.

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