LGBTQ activists rally against bill that makes buying a child for sex a crime [VIDEOS]

In late May, California State Rep. Susan Eggman (D-5th District) made headlines when she openly criticized fellow Democrats for opposing a bill aimed at imposing harsher sentences about people caught buying minors for sex. The bill, SB1414, proposes to make the act of buying or soliciting sex from a minor a crime, punishable by two years in prison and inclusion on the sex offender registry.

Eggman didn't hold back, voicing his frustration with his party. “I would like to say that as a progressive and proud member of this body for the past 12 years, I am done. I'm done with us protecting people who would buy and abuse our children. I'm done,” he declared.

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Fast forward to a recent public hearing on the bill in Sacramento, where several activists voiced their opposition. Critics of the bill argued that it would disproportionately affect marginalized communities, particularly members of the LGBTQ community. They stated that these groups already suffer from systemic biases within the criminal justice system, especially when it comes to sex crimes.

LGBTQ activists are speaking out against SB1414, a California bill that would make it a crime to buy children for sex. They claim it will affect LGBTQ people the most.

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One speaker went so far as to raise issues of racism, noting that “under California law, defendants could face years or even decades in prison for sexual violence committed against minors.”

Supporters of the bill argue that these objections only serve to distract from the real issue: protecting children from sexual exploitation. Critics of the opposition's position suggest that framing the debate around possible biases against certain communities could be seen as an attempt to normalize unacceptable behaviour.