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- HE WAS YOUNG, GAY, AND SOLD FOR SEX. HOW JOSE ALFARO ESPED A TRAFFICKG NIGHTMARE
- GAY SEX SLAVE TRIAL EXPOS HARDSHIPS OF MALE TRAFFICKG VICTIMS
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.
I saw myself as someone who participated this bs wh Alfaro says his parents kicked him out of their hoe bee he was gay. Black and brown mal and gay and LGBTQ young people are at higher risk. As a gay teen livg wh a mentally ill mother, he said he was hungry for attentn.
GAY SEX SLAVE TRIAL EXPOS HARDSHIPS OF MALE TRAFFICKG VICTIMS
He told a health re provir he was embarrassed and worried that people may thk he was homosexual when he was not, an arrt warrant is not unmon for male victims to worry about their masculy and sexual orientatn beg qutned, said Robert Lung, a Colorado state judge and member of the U.
About 53 percent of those victims were heterosexual, 36 percent were bisexual and 9 percent were gay, acrdg to the study by the Center for Court Innovatn and the John Jay College of Crimal Jtice.
Some reports dite gay and transgenr men and boys are more at risk for beg sex traffickg victims.