Hello darlings and welcome back to our interview series, A Tryst With. We're so glad you're here and you are in for such a treat. We chat with the gorgeous, intriguing, Montreal escort , Ezra! Talking gender, performance, art and sexy clowns, oh my! I've lost my regular 9 to 5 around Christmas time in because of racist employers. My roommate at the time and now best friend is a full time sex worker and it's thanks to them that I've learned about full service sex work which until that moment, I had only heard about it talked negatively.
They helped me realize that sex work is a legitimate job and so I decided to give it a try and the rest is history. Sexual wellness, STBBI sexually transmitted and blood borne infection prevention, violence and strategies to reduce risk of violence, stigma and strategies to reduce stigma, social and economic insecurity and strategies to reduce this risk, the list goes on and on.
Sex workers are so knowledgeable and have been at the forefront of social justice movements and have been caring for the most marginalized members of our society for decades. Once we recognize that sex work is not inherently exploitative of people, the question becomes: under what conditions can sex work actually benefit people?
Before sex work can benefit folks who partake in it, it must first cease to endanger people. I argue that the most essential condition to reduce harm to sex workers is to legalize, decriminalize and legitimize sex work, and provide sex workers with the same rights as other workers. No one should be coerced to sell sex and everyone should be able to leave sex work if and when they choose to, but those who decide to sell sex for a living are entitled to safety, dignity and for their human rights to be protected.
The threats sex workers face are not just from clients or individuals in society; the very system we live within is at the root of much of the violence we face. We are relentlessly campaigning against the pervasive stigma we face that exacerbates gender-based violence and stops us from accessing help and services we are entitled to. Legal recognition of sex workers and our occupation maximizes our protection, dignity, and equality.
