The Report
State of the Hustle captures the experiences, motivations, hopes, and demands of sex workers across the state of Missouri. In the face of hostile living and working conditions--COVID-19, legislation like FOSTA-SESTA, HIV criminalization, and local penal codes criminalizing sex work- sex working Missourians are pushing back. This report details the state of sex work in Missouri from the perspective of sex workers and sets the stage for meaningful reform.
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"Sex work is real work that has its challenges like any job and with those challenges workers needs support and resources that make their jobs safer."
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Other Resources and Links
On Decriminalization
From Margin to Center: Sex Work Decriminalization is a Racial Justice Issue Amnesty International
Why Sex Work Should Be Decriminalized Human Rights Watch
Reframe Health And Justice Survivors Against Sesta
095 Sex Work, Defined: Pro Heaux Womanism with suprihmbé Sluts and Scholars
All In a Day's (Sex) Work Podcast All in a Day's (Sex) Work
On COVID, Consent & Body Positivity
A New Sex Positivity Dichotomy The Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project
Cash/Consent: The War on Sex Work n+1
The Sex Workers Fighting for Better Health Care Vice
What It's Like to Be a Phone Sex Worker in the Time of COVID-19 Allure