Vesperal

Hi, I'm a trafficking survivor, one of those people you pretend to care about. Sex work didn't make me a victim, but the criminalization culture around sex work, thanks to folks like you, is what led to my situation. I was trafficked because I was young, scared, and powerless due to manipulation. The work itself had nothing to do with it, and although it pertained to sex work, it was actually labor trafficking at it's heart. (Did you know most trafficking is labor trafficking?) If the work was decriminalized, if I had access then to the same information I do now, it would never have happened. If there was education about entrepreneurship as a SWer available and the environment was normalized, I wouldn't have been a victim. Because once I was free of my abuser, I rebuilt my life with persistence, knowledge, and support from this community. Sex work paid for my therapy. Sex work paid for my lawyers. Sex work paid for my education. Sex work funded my business. Sex work funded my nonprofit. Sex work funded the community center I run. So no, I won't get another job. I like this one quite a lot. And I'll keep providing education about how to run a successful SW business in spite of you.