Washington D.C. Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Sat, 14 Sep 2019 14:48:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Washington D.C. Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 Letter to the Editor: Decriminalizing sex work in D.C. would save lives https://mikesouth.com/legal/letter-to-the-editor-decriminalizing-sex-work-in-d-c-would-save-lives-51124/ https://mikesouth.com/legal/letter-to-the-editor-decriminalizing-sex-work-in-d-c-would-save-lives-51124/#comments Sat, 14 Sep 2019 14:48:05 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=51124 We have previously reported on Washington D.C. considering the decriminalization of prostitution in the nation’s capital. This letter to the editor was published in Friday’s Washington Post: The Sept. 3 editorial “The wrong move for the progressive movement” claimed that decriminalizing sex work would make sex workers and communities less safe. But evidence suggests otherwise: Removing […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/legal/letter-to-the-editor-decriminalizing-sex-work-in-d-c-would-save-lives-51124/feed/ 1 51124 Washington D.C. blackmail bill focuses on ‘sextortion’ https://mikesouth.com/politics/washington-d-c-blackmail-bill-focuses-on-sextortion-30125/ https://mikesouth.com/politics/washington-d-c-blackmail-bill-focuses-on-sextortion-30125/#respond Mon, 05 Nov 2018 18:03:09 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=30125 A bill that would expand the crime of extortion is moving forward in the D.C. Council after passing unanimously through a committee Thursday. The next step is for the full council to consider the measure that addresses sexual blackmail, known as “sextortion.” Sextortion is when someone obtains a sexual image or video of a person, […]

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