And sex workers and their advocates are speaking out against federal authorities’ move to shut down the popular classifieds website Backpage.com. Federal authorities have indicted the website’s co-founders and five others of conspiracy, facilitating prostitution and money laundering. But sex workers and their advocates say shuttering the website will make sex workers’ jobs more dangerous. The organizers of the Women’s March tweeted, “The shutting down of #Backpage is an absolute crisis for sex workers who rely on the site to safely get in touch with clients. Sex workers rights are women’s rights.”
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