What’s Current: Trans politician disrupts anti-trafficking conference in Mexico, screaming ‘sex work is work’

  • A lecture by Spanish Sociologist Dr. Rosa María Cobo at the 7th Congreso Latinoamericano y Caribeño sobre Trata de Personas y Tráfico de Migrantes, a conference on ending human trafficking held in Mexico City, a trans-identified politician interrupted, screaming, “I am a woman, and I am a whore!”
  • Amber Heard’s legal team says one of the jurors in Johnny Depp’s defamation case was not the man originally summoned for jury duty, asking a Virginia court to toss the verdict for having a fake juror participate in the trial.
  • The women of Srebrenica are honored in a memorial exhibit for their crucial role in demanding global recognition for the 1995 Bosnian genocide.
  • “Address The Dress Code” campaigners protest at Wimbledon, urging the tennis tournament’s organizers to amend the strict all-white dress code due to concerns for women players who are menstruating.
  • Police are investigating claims that nine women may have been slipped “date rape” drugs at an event hosted by Germany’s Social Democratic Party.
Meghan McCarty

Meghan McCarty is an undergraduate student and aspiring journalist living in the United States.