Prostitition

Anti-Homosexuality Laws Go Hand-in-Hand with Anti-Prostitution Laws

If you support LGBT rights and freedoms then you need to challenge Anti-Prostitution laws such as the Nordic Model

Anti-homosexuality laws and anti-prostitution laws tend to walk in lockstep as laws that criminalise what consenting adults do in private. They stem from the same root: a desire to legislate morality and to police what consenting adults do in private.

Their history and foundations are closely linked.

In liberal democracies like the UK, the USA, and much of Europe, the history of these laws tells a story of social anxiety, religious doctrine, power, and eventually — hopefully — progress.

Ultimately, the intention to criminalise prostitution is solely about imposing one set of morals on an entire population, which should be insufficient reason to make something illegal.

The Common Moral Ground: A Brief History

Anti-homosexuality and anti-prostitution laws share a common historical foundation. Both were, and in many cases still are, rooted in religious and moralistic conceptions of “proper” sexual conduct.