ESPLERP Hosting Sex Worker Rally During California Dem Convention (AVN)

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SAN FRANCISCO—The Erotic Service Provider Legal Education and Research Project will host a rally outside the 2019 California Democratic Party State Convention, which coincides with International Whore’s Day on June 1.

When the convention comes to the Moscone Center San Francisco, sex workers will be on hand to greet the attendees, including the 2020 Democratic Presidential candidates, and advocating that a new “Decriminalize Sex Work” resolution be added to the state Democratic Party platform. Nearly 50 state delegates have already endorsed the Resolution.

“We are demanding that the Democratic Party, and presidential candidates like Kamala Harris, make the decriminalization of sex work a priority!” says Kristen Di Angelio of Sex Worker Outreach Project of Sacramento. “The criminalization of prostitution, including the criminalization of clients, creates exploitive and unsafe work conditions which disproportionately target people of color, LGBT, homeless youth and victims of sex trafficking.”