I choose to be an "out" sex worker for a lot of reasons. I wish I could say the reasons didn& #39;t include the absolute stress of the constant threat of being doxxed or blackmailed or threatened. But it very much does. I took a trade-off. I chose to take on all the stigma instead.

I am also fortunate to live in a place where the threat of prosecution is not hanging over me. I& #39;m also not working toward another profession, which many sex workers are. Many are students. I& #39;m not safer as an "out" sex worker. But I am safer from the doxxing and blackmail threat

So I try to use my voice to speak up for those who can& #39;t. I am filled with rage when I see my sisters (and brothers) in sex work being abused and mistreated. And I want the world to share my rage. Sex workers deserve the same dignity and protection as any other workers.