The connection between certain anti-trans ideas and negative views of sex workers is not necessarily clear to people who don’t intimately understand the rhetoric used against each group. Why would having an issue with trans people make someone hate sex workers too? Why would being disgusted by prostitutes make someone hate trans people? For manyContinue reading “Why “Feminist” Anti-Trans Advocates Also Hate Sex Workers”
Category Archives: Trans
Transmasculine Guide to Sex Work
If you’re a trans man or transmasculine non-binary person and a sex worker (or want to be a sex worker) then most resources aren’t going to be built with you in mind. The few resources that make an effort to be inclusive will have you as an afterthought and only minimal amounts of advice willContinue reading “Transmasculine Guide to Sex Work”
Desirability and Insecurity
No matter how much I try not to tie my self-image to what clients think of me, I cannot help but do so. If I start to have less people interested in paying me for sex, I begin to feel as though I’m unattractive. I’m not sure how many other sex workers feel this way,Continue reading “Desirability and Insecurity”
The Shame of Discussing Childhood Abuse for Queer People and Sex Workers
One pervasive piece of rhetoric that is used as propaganda against queer people and sex workers alike is that our lifestyles are what they are because we were abused as children. People will argue that gay men were turned gay because they were molested by a man when they were a child, or that lesbiansContinue reading “The Shame of Discussing Childhood Abuse for Queer People and Sex Workers”
Trans Men and Imprisonment
I don’t want anyone in prison, including trans people. While prisons do exist, I don’t want us to treat the rape that occurs within them as if it’s a fucking inevitability; I want to eradicate it.
Transmascs Rentboys and Why We Hate Ourselves
There are a lot of sex workers who are trans men or non-binary people. Many of us delay transition, or don’t transition, or convince ourselves that we don’t need to… because of our involvement in sex work. As well as concerns about making enough money alongside a drop in demand, the broader sex work communityContinue reading “Transmascs Rentboys and Why We Hate Ourselves”
Jack Talks About Sex Work 