While the LGB have only glowing things to say about her, esp her early defense of gay marriage, the theybes are unhappy with KH.

They think she is a SWERF: > Some of the most damaging criticism directed at the self-described former “top cop” cite her record on the rights of sex workers, the trans community, and the overlap of both. According to a 2015 survey conducted by the National Center for Trans Equality, nearly one in five of trans adults in the U.S. has engaged in sex work. That figure is as high as 40% for Black trans folks, a statistic that demonstrates how a public official’s policies regarding sex work can be understood as an extension of their policies regarding the LGBTQ+ community.

As the activist and G.L.I.T.S founder Ceyenne Doroshow wrote on Instagram recently, “Kamala Harris is no friend to trans women black trans women and a always [sic] cop. I don’t support her at all.” And so in the interest of presenting a fuller picture of the potential future Vice President of the United States, we’ve compiled a roundup exploring Harris's record on issues pertinent to sex workers and trans people.

Harris described a proposition to decriminalize sex work as “completely ridiculous.”

She dared to state the obvious:

Harris rejected efforts to decriminalize sex work by claiming that it contributed to the transmission of HIV/AIDS. Harris continued defending the criminalization of sex work as California attorney general. According to an Out magazine op-ed written by activist and ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, Harris defended her pro-criminalization stance in one 2015 case by using the misleading logic that “[p]rostitution is linked to the transmission of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases.”

She did not believe the lie that there can be 'safe' sex work:

Harris supported FOSTA/SESTA, whose 2018 passage led to the removal of at least a dozen sites and pages that provide sex workers with life-saving mechanisms of finding safe work.

Harris's targeting of Backpage.com during her time as California attorney general would prove a precursor to her work as a junior senator. During her first term, Harris supported the passage of the Stop Enabling Child Traffickers Act/Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (SESTA/FOSTA), a pair of bills that together decimated many sex workers’ ability to use online channels to vet future clients.

A SWERF who is a proponent of the Nordic Model"

Harris's current view on sex work decriminalization is rooted in the controversial “Nordic Model.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Harris discusses her “history on the issue,” noting that as district attorney she strived to “stop arresting these prostitutes and instead go after the Johns and the pimps because we were criminalizing the women, but not the men who associated with it, who were making money off of it or profiting off of it.”

This approach — targeting sex workers’ customers, not the workers themselves — is often referred to as the Nordic model, or End Demand. Gira Grant explains that these policies “don’t permit any legal way to engage in sex work,”

For all the accusations to the opposite, THEM states:

Harris sought to deny a transgender woman who was incarcerated gender-affirming health care.

In one brief signed by Harris, she joins other state attorneys in dismissing the significance of Norsworthy’s plea to receive affirming health care: “Norsworthy has been treated for gender dysphoria for over 20 years, and there is no indication that her condition has somehow worsened to the point where she must obtain sex-reassignment surgery now rather than waiting until this case produces a final judgment on the merits.”

Harris has not unequivocally stated her support for providing incarcerated transgender people across the nation with affirming health care.

Moreover: > she failed to mention covering the gender-affirming health care needs of trans people experiencing incarceration. What’s more, the former Democratic presidential nominee does not mention her support for incarcerating people in accordance with their gender identity, which constituted another key dimension of Norsworthy’s case.

AS OPPOSED TO BIDEN: > That said, Joe Biden’s lengthy LGBTQ+ policy platform includes “requiring gender identity be considered when making housing assignments” and ensuring “all transgender inmates in federal correctional facilities have access to appropriate doctors and medical care — including OBGYNs and hormone therapy.”

Make of this what you will, but if people are going to post conservative, pro-Trump articles against Harris, I felt it would be good to hear what the TRAs are saying about her too.