lead story - Manhattan will stop prosecuting sex workers, marking 'monumental' step for trans advocates

Dan Avery

NBC News

Manhattan, New York City, NY

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New York - TRANSGENDER SEX WORKERS IN NEW YORK CITY STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC

Rebecca Chowdhury
The Appeal

New York City, NY

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New York - Without an Internet Barrier, Transgender Sex Workers Feel Less Safe

Press
WNYC

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Zimbabwe - Sex workers get exhibition stand at Zimbabwe’s international trade fair event

Mildred Europa Taylor
face2faceafrica

market at Harare, Zimbabwe

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Transgender Kyrgyz seek unlikely refuge in Russia

Katie Arnold
BBC

Kyrgyzstan

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This Mother’s Day, Help Black Mamas Get Free

Xoái Pham
Common Dreams

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This woman is helping trans sex workers fight against discrimination in Singapore (UK)

Meka Beresford
Pink News

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Inside Singapore's Only Shelter For Trans Sex Workers

Morganna Magee
Broadly.

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Designing the Dreams and Photographing the Realities of Cape Town's Transgender Sex Workers

Gabrielle Bruney / gabrielle.bruney@vice.com
vice.com

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Ain't I a Woman?: National HIV/AIDS Strategy Fails Sex Workers, Transgender Women Burdened by the Criminal Justice System

Megan McLemore
Human Rights Watch

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Need to Change Stereotype:Singapore-based Transgender (India)

Express News Service
The New Indian Express

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Transgender sex workers share stories of daily struggles and discrimination (Australia)

Caro Meldrum-Hanna
ABC (Australia)

Leelah Alcorn (US)

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China's transgender sex workers 'marginalized and vulnerable'

KIERAN GUILBERT
reuters

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New York urged to stop use of condoms as evidence

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