DC Trans Coalition: Standing Against the Criminalization of Sex Work

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DC Trans Coalition: Standing Against the Criminalization of Sex Work
Questioning Transphobia
Written by Lisa Harney
October 1st, 2010 at 7:08 am


http://www.questioningtransphobia.com/?p=3168


Due to transphobic and racist police bias, many trans women are harassed and falsely arrested for sex work (the crime of "walking while trans") while simply interacting in their own communities.

Whether they are sex workers or not, however, is beside the point. No one deserves the degree of persecution and violence these individuals face. While most survivors of policing abuses are unwilling or unable to file formal complaints, we continue to receive a consistently high volume of contacts from individuals who have been assaulted and/or verbally ridiculed by police.