the legislation is just more criminalization in a letter to congress actually the national center for transgender equality along with fifty other organizations stated quote taking away a sex worker safest option to find him scream clients does not create a living wage jobs access to housing or any other stable income to me go on to start with you what is the biggest misconception about sex workers in the united states and what is the difference between sex work and sex trafficking i don't think a lot of people know the difference between the two. the difference between thanks work and sex trafficking is the thing i do it in the sense that there are people that choose to do sex work for a variety of grief of their own accord that are not trafficked i've never been trafficked i'm not a victim of trafficking i don't personally think i've ever encountered anyone that's been trafficked so. when we're talking about the language of this law we're looking at the fact that police are using this as an excuse to go back out and to target sex workers here in the district of columbia we just had an operation in januar

the national center for transgender equality estimates over 15,000 transpeople are currently serving in the military. in 2016 a study by the rand corporation found service by transgender individuals does not adversely affect readiness. in fact, many military leaders have acknowledged that the ban will degrade military readiness. this cruel ban seeks to force transgender members of our military back into the closet or out of service. it's the policy that's not based on any fact or careful deliberation, but merely an attempt to score points with the hard right faction of his political base. by doing this the president is hurting our military, making our country less safe, and making our country less just. transgender individuals who serve our country in the armed forces are american heroes. they deserve our thanks. and they deserve more than to be used as a political prop by their commander in chief. we as a country are better than this. mr. speaker, quite simply it is un-american and immoral to deny transgender individuals who want to serve our country in uniform the right to do so sim

the national center for transgender equality estimates over 15,000 transpeople are currently serving in the military. in 2016 a study by the rand corporation found service by transgender individuals does not adversely affect readiness. in fact, many military leaders have acknowledged that the ban will degrade military readiness. this cruel ban seeks to force transgender members of our military back into the closet or out of service. it's the policy that's not based on any fact or careful deliberation, but merely an attempt to score points with the hard right faction of his political base. by doing this the president is hurting our military, making our country less safe, and making our country less just. transgender individuals who serve our country in the armed forces are american heroes. they deserve our thanks. and they deserve more than to be used as a political prop by their commander in chief. we as a country are better than this. mr. speaker, quite simply it is un-american and immoral to deny transgender individuals who want to serve our country in uniform the right to do so sim