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Sex Work Decriminalization in South Africa

  • Mandy Salley

Last month, South Africa announced that it intended to decriminalize sex work through publishing a draft bill, which is currently open for public comment. As a draft bill, decriminalization is not yet the law, but this marks an exciting step…

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The Entrapment and Harassment of LGTBQ People

  • Mandy Salley

Entrapment and harassment of gay and bi men, trans people, and sex workers by law enforcement continue to be widespread in all parts of the country. These civil and human rights violations devastate individuals and their families but rarely receive…

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The Fight to Speak About S3x

  • Mandy Salley

In July 1953, agents from the Los Angeles postal inspector stormed the offices of ONE Magazine, a new ‘homophile’ publication, seizing all copies of their August issue. Postmaster Otto Oleson claimed the cover story on “Homosexual Marriage” was obscene and illegal to…

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Dear FDA… Approve Over-the-Counter Birth Control, Now

  • Mandy Salley

Anti-abortion groups were certainly jubilant when the Supreme Court announced in Dobbs that it was overturning Roe. But they were far from satisfied, and their attack on our most sacred human rights is far from over. The end of our…

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A Declaration of Human Rights Is Only the Beginning

  • Mandy Salley

In 1948, the United Nations signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), This ground-breaking document declared that every human being, regardless of race, religion, sex, language, ideology, property ownership, birth or citizenship, is endowed with basic fundamental rights — the…

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