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This wee sweet angel should still be here, and should never have been harmed.

Even as a trans man myself, I don’t want queer people being given special treatment.

People are so scared to be called racist or sexist or homophobic that they won’t do the right thing.

A fear of being called a word got this little boy killed.

A fear of being called a word got a man stabbed 16 times killed.

If you like EA games you'll want to sign this petition. Because you're looking at:

1. Aggressive monetization will be the new standard. EA will need to raise revenue through bad business practices, and this is the easiest way for them to do it.

2. Mass layoffs. EA will have a massive $20 billion dollar debt, and to cut costs, mass layoffs will happen and be made worse by AI replacing human talent.

UK Government-run jobcentres are banned from advertising or promoting employment for sexual purposes*. However, this does not apply to self-employment for sexual purposes, such as OnlyFans.

The UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) considers Universal Credit claimants who are OnlyFans ‘creators’ to be self-employed and they are subject to the same rules as any other self-employed claimant, such as a plumber or hairdresser.

Under DWP rules, claimants who are self-employed are given an amount they are expected to achieve through their self-employment each month. Jobcentre work coaches assess whether a claimant is taking “appropriate steps” to achieve this amount and if not, they may put pressure on her to increase her self-employed earnings, with the potential threat of sanctions, including reduced benefit or no benefit at all.

While a few women make a lot of money on OnlyFans, the vast majority make very little, with average monthly earnings being about £130. The main way that a woman can increase her OnlyFans income is by creating more explicit and degrading content and attempting to attract more paying ‘fans’ – typically by posting clips of the content on mainstream social media sites, including TikTok, Instagram and similar platforms where children are likely to be present.

Increasing her OnlyFans visibility in this way is likely to increase attention from predators who may proposition her for in-person sex (with or without payment), and pimps and other third parties who want to cash in on her earnings. It may therefore push her into “full service” prostitution and will inevitably expose her to more risks. By requiring women to maintain or increase their OnlyFans income, the DWP is complicit in all of this and is implicitly acting as a pimp, because the aim is to reduce the amount of benefit these claimants are entitled to.

In other words, the DWP is pressuring some mainly young female benefit claimants to increase their engagement in what is a form of commercial sexual exploitation for the financial benefit of the Treasury – while at the same time leading to children on mainstream social media sites being exposed to more pornography and groomed to consider it is ethical to buy and sell sexual acts.

This leaves no doubt that the UK is a pimp state: a government that legitimises, regulates, and profits from the commercial sex industry.

*Section 2A of the Employment and Training Act 1973

What We Are Asking For

An immediate ban on the DWP putting pressure of any kind on claimants to maintain or increase their income and/or hours on OnlyFans or other commercial sex industry platforms.

The extension of Section 2A of the Employment and Training Act 1973 to cover self-employment in addition to employment.

For the DWP to recognise engagement as a creator on OnlyFans and similar platforms as a form of commercial sexual exploitation and a safeguarding risk and for it to be treated accordingly.

Training for all DWP work coaches and managers on the above.

"Dear friends around the world,

My name is Alimatu, and I’m a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM) from Sierra Leone. And today, I’m asking for your help: For the first time in our history, West Africa’s top court has ruled that female genital cutting is torture – and that Sierra Leone must ban it. This moment could change everything! Our President has championed important steps towards women’s rights before: he chose a female VP, declared rape a national emergency, and proudly said “the future of Sierra Leone is female.” But to this day, he has not committed to an explicit ban on FGM! That’s where you come in: As he decides whether to push for a ban, I’m asking you – from every corner of this world – to stand with us activists and survivors, urging our president to ban female genital cutting. I will take our call directly to his office with Sierra Leone’s youth and a hard-hitting ad campaign. Are you joining me? With fierce hope,

Alimatu Dimonekene MBE – with the entire team at Avaaz."

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Please share this petition. Reblog it, send it to friends, show it to family, and most importantly: read up on FGM. It can be a disturbing topic, but understanding this issue is incredibly important. We need to learn about the horror women and AFAB individuals still undergo in the world so that we can help put a stop to it.