BANGKOK -- Thailand's sex workers are pinning their hopes on a new government after the general election on May 14 to pass legislation decriminalizing the country's billion-dollar sex industry, which provides livelihoods to an estimated 300,000 people.
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Sex workers rally in Bangkok on May 1, Labor Day, to demand legalization of their industry. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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