that's often ignored in the discussion about sex workers is gender and race you mentioned a little bit of earlier you know according to the sex workers outreach project one third of sex worker homicide victims are trans women in the mini work report shows that forty percent of black and black multiracial transgender folks who have experienced exchanging sex were subjected to per base of harassment violence and unrest. how does a these victims where you get numbers like that and focusing more on the mainstream components put people on the margins at risk. this is not something new this is been going on since transgender women have been coming out and specifically women of color. what i'm finding is that this law was created specifically to take sex workers out of the industry i'm feeling about it and when i look at. the amount of black and brown women that are doing sex workers out of necessity. it's hard for us to find jobs it's hard for us to get housing. i'm housing secure right now i'm living in motels tomato i don't do street sex work anymore i have enough of a client base to help to keep me stable with my salary but when i was doing online basic

project has been challenging these trends for their 20 years of effective advocacy. this ordinary organization is led by fearless women, working tirelessly to ensure the safety and dignity of sex workers through community outreach, education, policy advocacy. organizational motto is, when sex workers are not safe, no woman is safe. currently the project is working with senator scott wiener to pass bill 233 we have a resolution to support that as well, shields sex workers from the threat of prosecution when reporting violent crimes. this bill would extend local protections that we already have here in san francisco for sex workers to the state level and also prohibit the use of condemns as prosecution for sex work. thank you for your work to advocate for the rights of some of the most vulnerable women and gender nonconforming people in san francisco and throughout the state. we honor your 20 years of service and thank you for your 20 years to expand safety for everyone in our society. [applause] >> thank you very much, supervisor and all of you. we are very proud that the city of san francisco, where there is a strong sex worker rights movement, is working on ending violence against sex workers and we are the th