Check out:
- Memos in support of the bill that outline why public health, civil rights, and LGBT organizations and advocates are urging New York State Legislators to pass S1379 / A2736
- Recent press coverage of this issue.
- The text and current status of the bill.
- Columbia Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic’s Legislative Analysis of why this legislation is needed to preserve public health.
- A PSA about how condoms are used as evidence of prostitution in New York.
- The Sex Workers at Risk report by Human Rights Watch, detailing the harms caused by using condoms as evidence in 4 major U.S. cities.
- The related video by Human Rights Watch, called “Cops Arrest Sex Workers for Carrying Condoms.”
- The Criminalizing Condoms report by Open Society Foundations, about prosecuting the use of condoms as a means to target sex workers in six different countries.
- The Transgressive Policing report by Make the Road on police abuse of LGBT Communities of Color in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY.
- (COMING SOON) A petition sign-on letter in support of the bill.
- (COMING SOON) A powerpoint presentation on the use of condoms as evidence.
- (COMING SOON) A “Condoms Are Not Contraband” Poster.