Gay group calls for legalizing prostitution in D.C.

[Shana A]

Gay group calls for legalizing prostitution in D.C.
GLAA says 'prohibition' creates more problems than it solves

LOU CHIBBARO JR
Friday, June 27, 2008

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2008/6-27/news/localnews/12842.cfm

The Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA), the local gay group credited with persuading the D.C. government to adopt far-reaching gay and transgender rights legislation since the 1970s, added to its 2008 election year agenda a call for legalizing prostitution in the District.

In a development likely to create a stir in local political circles, the group will include a question about legalized prostitution in its questionnaire for all candidates running this year for seats on D.C. City Council. The non-partisan GLAA uses responses it receives from questionnaires to formulate its widely publicized candidate ratings on gay issues.

"We know that we are breaking a taboo by discussing this," the group states in a 26-page election year position paper, "Agenda: 2008," which it posted on its web site, www.glaa.org. The paper discusses a wide range of gay and AIDS issues unrelated to prostitution.