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Sex Workers and Allies will be out and proud with SF Pride this year, come see all the great things we are doing:
May 19, 2008
Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Global Health Affairs
Room 639H
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Subject: Comments on Office of Global Health Affairs; Regulation on the Organizational Integrity of Entities Implementing Leadership Act Programs and Activities, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 73 Fed. Reg. 20,900, April 17, 2008
Dear Secretary Leavitt,
Sex Worker Rights are Human Rights-Dignity and Respect
In the past “respect” and “dignity” were used against sex workers and other "un-pure" women to kill or imprison them. In our struggle for human rights we choose to reclaim these words and give them renewed meaning.
Through dignity we honor the unique diversity that is intrinsic in all people. We also choose to respect each person’s unique traits, abilities and oppressions which through our mutual respect lets us work together in a complimentary fashion to achieve our mutual goals.
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