Economic Justice

Criminalizing Sex Work Does Not Improve Safety or Public Health

  • Wendy Stanga

Criminalization of sex work is often falsely believed to improve societal health, minimize sex trafficking, and keep sex workers safe. However, criminalization worsens these outcomes by driving both sex workers and trafficking victims underground, where they experience more violence, fewer social services, and less access to adequate healthcare. Decriminalization would be far more effective at ensuring sex workers' physical safety, economic stability, and physical and mental health.

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Texas Bill’s Proposed Pleasure Ban

  • Wendy Stanga

It might be unsurprising, but that doesn’t make it any less shocking: Republicans in Texas have introduced H.B. 1549, a bill that would restrict sales of pleasure products at “big-box” stores and other non-adult retailers. The bill carries significant penalties…

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Silenced and Sidelined: Censorship, Adult Content, and Employment

  • Mandy Salley

A timely and provocative panel discussion exploring the complex intersection of personal freedom, censorship, and digital privacy in the age of social media. Our conversation will delve into the controversial topic of professionals facing termination due to their online presence,…

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LGBTQIA+ Death Penalty

  • Wendy Stanga

Sentencing LGBTQIA+ People to Death Recently, The Appeal analyzed criminal cases in which queer defendants faced the death penalty, examining how their LGBTQIA+ identity played into the outcome. The result of this analysis? Anti-LGBTQIA+ bias (unsurprisingly) influenced more than 50%…

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Ending the Marriage Penalty

  • Wendy Stanga

“Will you marry me? Imagine that was a question you could never actually answer,” says disability rights activist Imani Barbarin, reflecting on the “marriage penalty.” The term describes the legal rule that, as Sage Howard puts it, “robs disabled people…

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