Contents:
- HE WAS YOUNG, GAY, AND SOLD FOR SEX. HOW JOSE ALFARO ESPED A TRAFFICKG NIGHTMARE
- UNSEEN, PART 3: POPULAR GAY DATG APP GRDR POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS
HE WAS YOUNG, GAY, AND SOLD FOR SEX. HOW JOSE ALFARO ESPED A TRAFFICKG NIGHTMARE
Human traffickg n clu a wi variety of forced labor, cludg mercial sex work (prostutn, exotic dancg, and pornography), personal service (domtic or sexual servu), forced labor sweatshops, manual labor at agricultural or nstctn s, forced employment nail salons, and var jobs wh the hotel and food service Traffickg of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr IndividualsLGBT sex traffickg is monly overlooked and rarely reported by lol and natnal ernments.
As a rult, LGBT dividuals fall to polil and social traps that require foced attentn om legal and health pani may be unwtgly enablg human traffickg and related forms of traffickg of gay men is a ser issue wh s own particular set of difficulti. In addn, lol law enforcement agenci should implement a variety of polici to enurage the reportg of sex traffickg of LGBT dividuals, emphasize the crimal nature of the offens, and addrs the of silence and stigma associated wh the health policy and legal strategi mt be implemented orr to reach those natns that still crimalize homosexualy or same-sex behavrs.
The crimalizatn of homosexualy upled wh the state-sanctned stigma and the harassment of vulnerable elements of the populatn, has not been effective addrsg cril issu.
UNSEEN, PART 3: POPULAR GAY DATG APP GRDR POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS
Chris Bat was 16 years old when he started sellg nu photos of himself on the ter to adult men who prsured him for more and more mands snowballed to riskier requts, and wh months the gay Connecticut teen was tradg sex for dners out, signer sneakers and other says he was lured by the attentn and what appeared to be easy money. Unseen, part 3: Popular gay datg app Grdr pos exploatn risk to mors. found a third of male youths experiencg homelsn said they trad sex for somethg of value — puttg their numbers the thoands on any given night too often male victims of sexual exploatn go unseen and unhelped, specialists say, their stori stifled by personal shame, stigma and a world that has trouble seeg boys and young men as victims at all, pecially gay and trans youth and boys of Massachetts, there is one program foced solely on helpg sexually exploed male youth and trans femal, and s revenue last year was ls than half of s sister program for female youth n out of the same nonprof, Roxbury Youthworks, Inc.
Unr feral law any youth unr the age of 18 volved the sex tra is nsired a traffickg who are gay, trans, Black and brown are particularly affected, youth advot say, bee they are more vulnerable to exploatn and bee people tasked wh protectg them often don’t see they need help.
“They are aaid that people are gog to thk that they’re gay. They’re gog to thk that if they are gay, that maybe they wanted , ’’ he said. He says he was drawn to the sex tra as a teen after beg kicked out of his home bee he was gay.