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Speaker advocates legal prostitution
Phonas: Students receive bizarre calls during January, but many are not worried
By MNNELLE LEDERCERBER
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Ai many a« 19 threatening, obscene or annoying prank phone calis were reported to Department ol Public Safety during January.
Despitr die increased amount of prank phone calls in comparison with previous months. Capt Joe White, act ing commander of DPS field services, said there is no rea son for students to worry.
"In the past, we have always found it to be an ongoing pattern,* White said. 1Weevill get a couple of prank phone call reports one month and might not hear anything for
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workers can “maintain their autonomy and humanity by equal control of the terms of the transaction and the right to refuse service,” Storage said.
Rigid, conventional sexual thinking leads to the stigmatisation of sex workers. Shrage said. She compared prostitutes to workers in service industries, such as waitresses and nurses.
“Their customers have needs and it's perfectly legitimate to satisfy those needs." she said, adding that prostitutes can provide a sexual life to those who may not otherwise experience sex. such as the disabled.
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By BLYTHE BERNHARD
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Cal Poly. Pomona philosophy pro fessw ljiurie Shrage challenged the unage of exploited and dehumanized sex workers in s lecture at Doheny Library on Monday night Shrage explained to students about the ben efits of decriminalising prostitution, as part of Gender and Sexuality Week, in legalized prostitution, sex
IhocMng. Laurie Shrage explains sex workers rights
task force on youth suicide report ed that. *a majority of suicide attempts by homosexuals occur during their youth, and gay youth are two to three times more likely to attempt suicide than other young people. They may comprise up to 30 percent of (the estimated 5,000) completed youth suicides annually.4
The study exploded on the gay rights scene and spearheaded a surge of interest in the debilitating effects of homophobia on young people. Many of the programs and support groups currently available to gay youth at the high school and college levels began to take shape after the release of the youth sui-
sor of the Rainbow Floor in Webb Tower. The Rainbow Floor, a special-interest floor for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender USC students, is now in its second year of operation.
Walker said the Rainbow Floor is significant because it brings students together in a creative and open-minded environment “Ull a learning and growing experience for people on the floor,” Walker said. “It encourages them to get involved in the GLBT community.”
During the last two decades, gay rights issues have ilowly and often painfully worked their way to the forefront of public consciousness.
In 1989 a government funded
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When Rachel Walker was 11 years old her mother came out of the closet Her parents split up shortly thereafter. When Rachel turned 16, she came out of the closet as well.
"My mom is a lesbian, so that was no problem," Walker said. “My dad, well, he's a grand optimist— hed rather me be with die right girl than the wrong boy. My family is really accepting because they have to be."
Walker, a computer science major, is also the residential advi-
A study published 14 years ago about f depression in gays forced attention and discussion that has advanced gay rights