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LGBTQ+ Sex Ruling Rekindles Sex Workers' Hopes

Monday, December 13, 2021 | 410 Views |

Nothing Without Us Society (NWUS) Director Beauty Bayley

FRANCISTOWN: A recent Court of Appeal (CoA) ruling that upheld decriminalising same-sex relationships has ushered in a ray of hope for sex workers that their trade will one day also be legalised.

In October this year, government appealed a High Court decision of June 2019, which unanimously found that the criminalisation of having consensual same-sex relations violates the constitutional rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (or questioning) (LGBTQ+) persons to dignity, liberty, privacy, and equality.

When delivering his judgement, CoA president, Ian Kirby said that the criminalisation of same-sex serves only to stigmatise LGBTQ+ persons unnecessarily, something that has a harmful effect on them.

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LGBTQ+ Sex Ruling Rekindles Sex Workers' Hopes

FRANCISTOWN: A recent Court of Appeal (CoA) ruling that upheld decriminalising same-sex relationships has ushered in a ray of hope for sex workers that their trade will one day also be legalised.

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