While there is still a long road ahead before sex work is decriminalised and considered a legitimate way to earn a living, Sex Worker Pride 2021 showed that it is within reach.
day. Across the world, resolute groups gather every year to affirm sex worker self-determination. They also rejoice in the increasing strides made in acknowledging sex work as a legitimate and proud source of human sustenance.
They reported her death to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate and complained to the moribund Commission for Gender Equality and the SA Human Rights Commission . Despite frequent appeals, meetings and even ain front of the SAHRC’s offices, there’s been no progress in determining the facts behind Robyn Montsumi’s death.
This limited focus often creates an inaccurate “sex-workers-as-victims” impression. Sex workers don’t require rescuing. Support and public acceptance for the LGBTIQ community grew significantly in the next 30 years. Momentous victories include “sexual orientation” as a ground of non-discrimination in South Africa’s Constitution, declaring the “crime”and recognising same-sex marriages in the Civil Union Act of 2006.
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