Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris said on Tuesday that she supports the decriminalization of sex work ― a massive shift from her days as a prosecutor. “But when you’re talking about consenting adults, we should consider that we can’t criminalize consensual behavior.”Sex workers have long criticized Harris for her role in marginalizing their community by conflating sex work with sex trafficking. “There are lots of good reasons to root for Kamala Harris,” Melissa Petro, a writer and former sex worker, wrote in The Establishment in 2017. In 2016, as attorney general of California, Harris went after the founders of Backpage on pimping charges. Backpage was a website that sex workers used to screen clients, protect their own identities and keep themselves safe.

Source: Huffington Post February 26, 2019 21:00 UTC