SouthernVoice.com – Eric Ervin
Meetings focus on trans prostitution, alleged police harassment
Transgender activists and Atlanta Police Department officials met Oct. 4 to address issues of alleged police harassment of transgender residents as well as to try to build a better understanding between the groups, according to attendees.
The meeting, held at City Hall East, is one of several concerning an Atlanta Police Department crack down on transgender sex workers. Police have increased patrols in Midtown, concentrating on the areas between Ponce De Leon Avenue and Piedmont Park.
Representatives from LaGender, Inc., Queer Progressive Agenda and the police department?s GLBT Advisory Board met for about two hours at City Hall East to come up with solutions.