Individuals who experience poverty, oppression, have limited to no supports such as family and friends and a history of trauma are at higher risk. Trafficking victims also include foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, males, females, individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and two-spirit (LGBTQ2+), children, youth, adults and elderly. Boys and men experience labor and sex trafficking. Research demonstrates the proportion of males who experience sex trafficking is about equal to the proportion of females who experience sex trafficking.

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