Last month the Scottish Government announced the ‘Equally Safe’ consultation on further measures to “end the demand” for sex work. Their proposals seek to criminalise the purchase of sex in Scotland. These proposals go against our values and will harm sex workers.

We wrote to the Minister for Community Safety and the Cabinet Secretary for Justice following the announcement. Unfortunately we have not had a response. Today we want to make clear that we, along with all the members of the SNP, affiliate groups and sex worker led organisations

who have signed our statement oppose the proposals outlined by the Government. Legislation that has a sole focus on exit strategies does not have the needs of sex workers at the heart of it. We are urging @scotgov to give sex worker led organisations a seat at the table.

And we are asking members of the SNP, and the wider public, to join forces with us to protect the sex worker community. Please fill out the consultation opposing the proposals. If you would like to add your name to the statement, please contact us on contact@ysi.scot.

If you want to support sex workers and you aren’t sure how to, we have put together a resource card for allies of the sex worker community. This can be found below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/143Cy7mXVx1WxA3PyUpxsLmwgqcK4tO4YEy8wXj3WtqI/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/...