Click here to watch coverage of our press conference announcing the federal civil rights suit to challenge Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature statute!
“Just A Talking Crime” – NO Justice Policy Brief
Click here to download our NO Justice policy brief, “Just a Talking Crime”: A policy brief in support of the repeal of Louisiana’s Solicitation of a Crime Against Nature (SCAN) Statute.
Challenge Disparate Punishment Under Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature Law
From Women With A Vision and The Center for Constitutional Rights: Attorneys, Advocates Say Antiquated Law Unfairly Brands Poor Women and LGBT People with Scarlet Letter, Disproportionately Affects African Americans February 16, 2011 – Today, attorneys filed a federal civil rights suit in New Orleans on behalf of nine anonymous plaintiffs convicted under Louisiana’s Crime […]
UN Spotlight on Sex Worker’s Rights
In 2010, the Best Practices Policy Project joined with the Desiree Alliance to research and describe the state of sex workers’ rights in the United States to be included as one of only five US presentations to be part of the Sexual Rights Initiative reporting back to the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Universal […]
Reform of Louisiana Crime Against Nature Law Creates Little Actual Change
In July 2010, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed Senate Bill 381. The law, by Sen. J.P. Morrell of New Orleans, signals an effort to change Louisiana’s “Crime Against Nature” law, which has been used as a tool to further stigmatize and victimize indigent sex workers. However, advocates say that the changes are mostly cosmetic. The […]