#decriminalized — Public Fediverse posts

#sexwork is real work. Like any workers, sex workers have a right to safety, to dignity,and to exercise their #humanrights and #autonomy.

#sexwork needs to be #decriminalized. When it is kept in the shadows, sex workers have little to no protection, and are vulnerable. We have seen precious lives lost to violence again and again.

Today, we #remember those whose lives were taken, and work for #change.

For more information, here is a good link:

https://decriminalizesex.work/

#FACTCHECK

Is #Shoplifting #Decriminalized in #NewYork? NO

https://gigafact.org/fact-briefs/is-shoplifting-decriminalized-in-new-york/

#Russia #Decriminalized #DomesticViolence? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yETzbraDhF4

#WarOnDrugs #decriminalized #LegalizeAllDrugs

A Year After #Singapore #Decriminalized #Gay #Sex, Its #LGBT #Community Turns Attention to #family

The first #PinkDot in 2009 wasn’t overtly #political. Its aim was primarily to provide a #SafeSpace for #LGBT individuals to come together in #singapore. But that changed over the years.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SoutheastAsia #Singapore #Representation #Culture

https://time.com/6290097/lgbt-pride-singapore-pink-dot/

20 years after a #breakthrough #Texas #case #LawrenceVTexas launched a new #era of #gayrights, #trans #people are still in the #fight

The #US #SupremeCourt paved the way for major #civilrights #victories for #queer #Americans in the 2003 decision that #decriminalized #homosexuality. But #progress for #LGBTQ people has been uneven.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Politics #Progress

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/26/lawrence-v-texas-lgbtq-rights/

The statement comes from #Metropolitan #PoliceCommissioner #MarkRowley after #gayrights #activist #PeterTatchell launched a #campaign calling for all #British #policedepartments to #apologize for “past #homophobic #witchhunts,” which continued long after #Britain #decriminalized #private #sexual #acts between #men in 1967.

— It's a good start now they need to prove they really meant it.

🇨🇦 Effective today, adults 18+ in British Columbia won’t face #criminal charges for having small amounts of some illicit narcotics in their possession.

🇨🇦 Get #details and full list of illegal drugs or substances #decriminalized by British Columbia! 👇

https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/british-columbia-decriminalization-of-drugs-all-you-need-to-know/