Melissa Gira Grant

author, 'Playing the Whore'

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Journalist and author of Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work

Melissa Gira Grant on KCRW

Yesterday, the global human rights group Amnesty International voted to support policies that decriminalize sex work.

Decriminalizing Sex Work

Yesterday, the global human rights group Amnesty International voted to support policies that decriminalize sex work.

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