{"id":28916,"date":"2013-06-24T14:55:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T09:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=28916"},"modified":"2013-06-24T14:55:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T09:25:32","slug":"give-legal-aid-to-sex-workers-homosexuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/give-legal-aid-to-sex-workers-homosexuals","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Give legal aid to sex workers, homosexuals&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sex-workers.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28917\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/give-legal-aid-to-sex-workers-homosexuals\/sex-workers-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/sex-workers.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sex workers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/sex-workers.jpg?fit=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/sex-workers.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-28917\" alt=\"sex workers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sex-workers.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/sex-workers.jpg?w=275&amp;ssl=1 275w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/sex-workers.jpg?resize=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a>The legal fraternity here Saturday underlined the need for the legal aid authorities to extend the assistance to marginal communities like sex workers, homosexual and transgender people.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers at a seminar on &#8216;Strengthening legal aid and education for marginal communities and most-at-risk of HIV\/AIDs&#8217; expressed commitment to extend legal assistance to the marginal communities to help them address multiple violations of their rights by the state and non-state actors<\/p>\n<p>Justice P. 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