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Pooja Gehi presents “Sex Work and Human Trafficking: Policy and Policing in the LGBTQ GNC Community,” a workshop at Creating Change

When: Friday, January 31, 2014, 10:45 am - 12:15 pm (iCal) Where: Hilton-Americas Houston , 1600 Lamar St, Houston, TX (See map)

LGBTQ GNC sex workers and victims of trafficking are highly affected by policies and practices of both the local police and federal immigration authorities. This workshop will address the local and federal laws and policies that effect LGBTQ GNC sex workers and victims of trafficking in the United Stats, such as Stop and Frisk, Secure Communities, No Condoms as Evidence, the detention and prison industrial complex, and remedies and resistances to these practices.

Presenters: Pooja Gehi (Sylvia Rivera Law Project) and Lynly Egyes (Sex Workers Project)

Hilton-Americas Houston
1600 Lamar St
Houston, TX

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