Informing Flushing Residents about Human Trafficking
QNS reports that a seminar on human trafficking at the Flushing Library is planned for March 29.
QNS reports that a seminar on human trafficking at the Flushing Library is planned for March 29.
The state bill would prevent condoms from being used evidence in court, Gay City News reports. Some members of the community stop carrying condoms in fear of being arrested for alleged prostitution.
The recent arrest of 13 people linked to a prostitution ring in New York doesn’t seem to be holding back the demand for sexual services in the city’s Latino neighborhoods, or changing long-held views that women do it for “their desire for easy money,” reports El Diario-La Prensa.
In anticipation of this year’s race for Queens Borough President, El Diario-La Prensa conducted a random survey of 22 residents asking about the issues that concern them the most.
Russkaya Reklama looks into why the usual 30,000 Russian-speaking youths that come to America on J-1 summer work visas dropped to only 8,000 this year, and reports that enforcement has tightened because of illegal practices including false employment contracts, prostitution and bank fraud schemes.
The growing prevalence of prostitution near bars and brothels in Sunset Park was reported by El Diario La Prensa. Residents report feeling harassed by the tense and dangerous atmosphere in some parts of the neighborhood.
The New York Post reported recently on advertisements for prostitution services in the Korean American Times, a Korean-language publication owned by a Queens State Assembly candidate. After the article and other recent coverage of Korean sex trafficking, adult entertainment and massage businesses are bracing for a crackdown, The Korea Times reported.
The actress Brook Bello hopes to raise awareness of sex trafficking among African-Americans with her new documentary, which tells the story of her own childhood abuse and experience in the sex trade.
An editorial in The Indypendent lays out the sobering reality for sex workers, who face increased exposure to violence — including, allegedly, from police officers.
Transgender and transsexual people often face stereotypes and abuse. But for immigrants, especially those who engage in sex work, living as a transgender person brings on a whole slew of other challenges, including social stigmas, cultural conflicts and threats of arrest and deportation, FilAm reports.
Along Roosevelt Avenue’s 30 block stretch in Queens, you can buy pretty much anything you can think of — prostitutes, forged documents, food from uninspected kitchens, items from unlicensed vendors.
In the past five years, hundreds of Korean immigrants have been arrested for engaging in the sex trade. Now South Korean lawmakers are calling on their government to take action.