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Aiding the Fight for Legalisation: AIDS & HIV

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The HIV/AIDS movement is widely understood as one that focuses on civil rights and healthcare for vulnerable groups. The popular perception is that the AIDS movement is made up of human rights campaigners, medical experts and scientists, searching for the best prevention methods and, eventually, a cure. What is far less widely known is that the AIDS movement, and the vast amounts of money attached to it, has done more to shape policy, practice and legislation on the global sex trade than any other movement in history.

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Bindel, J. (2019). Aiding the Fight for Legalisation: AIDS & HIV. In: The Pimping of Prostitution. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95947-1_7

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