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January 20, 2012

Sign our petition:

 

Vote against making DC’s “Prostitution Free Zones” permanent.

Greetings,

The D.C. Council is currently considering the “Prostitution Free Zone Amendment Act,” which will affect sex workers, or anyone thought to be a sex worker. This new bill builds off the “Prostitution Free Zone Act of 2005,” which allowed the police to declare any public area a “Prostitution free Zone,” for up to 20 days — the new bill proposes to make such zones permanent. 

These policies have done little to eradicate prostitution but have succeeded in further marginalizing sex workers, low income people of color, transgender people, lesbians and gays, and the homeless. In addition, making the Prostitution Free Zones permanent would likely be unconstitutional. 

We do not need more policy that criminalizes people in our community. D.C. residents demand that the Council find solutions to city issues that don’t involve arresting and locking people up because they are homeless, transgender, or “look like” they are engaging in sex work. 

Please make the right choice and vote against making the PFZ’s permanent.

Sincerely,

[Your name]

Sign your name digitally to this letter and send it to the DC City Council here: #mce_temp_url#

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    I signed this a couple of days ago, as someone born in DC who lived there for a while. You should too.
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    tomorrow the dc city council...having a hearing about making
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    Slut shaming to the extreme: “Well, you LOOK like a prostitute…” And, you know, marginalizing sex workers even more....
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Working to eliminate the "Prostitution Free Zones," or "PFZ's" in Washtington DC