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2025 US Advisory Council Report Provides Recommendations for Filling Major Gaps in Addressing Root Causes of Trafficking
In December 2025, the US Advisory Council released its annual report detailing its recommendations for the US government agencies to improve their responses to human trafficking. The Council is made up of 13 survivor leaders and tasked with advising the…
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FNUSA Denounces the Erasure of LGBTQ+ and Immigrant Survivors in the 2025 TIP Report
After months of advocacy from anti-trafficking organizations and Congress, the US Department of State finally released the 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on September 30, 2025, three months after its legal deadline had passed. While the report includes most…
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Supporting LGBTQ+ Survivors
How to support LGBTQ+ youth trafficking survivors? LGBTQ+ youth are disproportionately vulnerable to trafficking due to homophobia and transphobia. Many LGBTQ+ youth grow up in unsupportive households, which can cause a traumatic upbringing. Some youth are kicked out of their…
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Transphobia and Human Trafficking
When we talk about the fundamental causes of trafficking, we often focus on how people’s identities can make them vulnerable. However, we must make it clear that their identity does not make them inherently more susceptible to trafficking. Instead, the…
