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A witness to lives saved by sex work

The oldest profession is also the easiest to demonize

From the days of Jack the Ripper, the societal fear, envy, and even hatred towards sex work has played out in violence towards a vulnerable group who are often the most caring and beautiful humans who grant acceptance and value to those who might otherwise never access moments of human connection.

The social acceptance of this discrimination, based only in primate instincts and superstition, has no place in a modern society yet still a mere decade ago we would see television and movies portraying the death of a sex worker as an inevitable - almost deserved - fate for the plotline. Old religious roots of culture still infer justice in killing off a sexually inclined character.

The tried-and-true way to foreshadow a villainess in TV today is still by portraying a woman with pride in her sexuality and desire for it. It's still somehow a universally accepted signal of nefarious ne'er do wells.

The reality of sex work is lonely people seeking connection. Disabled people with unmet needs. Poor people helping each other get by.

No one would ever ridicule a person for getting or giving a massage for money, but it's really only primitive instincts about sex that separates one pleasurable and relieving touch-based service from the other.

It's time to tell new stories - True stories.

Stories of people who wouldn't get by without the world's oldest profession. It's time to stop repeating the fevered, ignorant, imaginary morality tales. Judgemental and absurd behaviors are not the only impulses of instinct. Love is another instint and ultimately the hidden truth of sex work is a story about human connection.

To that end we've begun collecting the stories of lives that have been changed by sex work. From disability and poverty on both sides of the transaction, to simply alleviating feelings of worthlessness and social pain through human contact, sex workers and their clients have stories to tell that put Hollywood caricatures and the fevered scribbles of zealots in proper perspective.