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shortformblog: humanrightswatch: Police in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and San Francisco are confiscating condoms from sex workers and transgender women, undermining health department campaigns to reduce HIV. Don’t take away people’s condoms! Read more and watch our interviews of sex workers here. © 2012 Human Rights Watch Questionable approach of the day. Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 300 people in putting together this report, and some of the findings are fairly shocking. “Criminalizing HIV prevention undermines human rights and endangers the public health,” said Human Rights Watch senior health researcher Megan McLemore.

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humanrightswatch:

Police in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and San Francisco are confiscating condoms from sex workers and transgender women, undermining health department campaigns to reduce HIV.

Don’t take away people’s condoms!

Read more and watch our interviews of sex workers here.

© 2012 Human Rights Watch

Questionable approach of the day. Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 300 people in putting together this report, and some of the findings are fairly shocking. “Criminalizing HIV prevention undermines human rights and endangers the public health,” said Human Rights Watch senior health researcher Megan McLemore.

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    This makes no sense.
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    Unless they’re deliberately singling out trans*women IN ADDITION to sex workers, which would not surprise me at all.
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    Good question, they could have just said sex workers.
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    wait, how is confiscating trans* women’s condoms even relevant to this completely backwards and incorrect attack on sex...
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    Most people I know who are sexually active carry condoms. How the fuck is that evidence of anything beyond ‘I’m having...
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    Yeah, I’m not getting the logic either.