I choose to be an "out" sex worker for a lot of reasons. I wish I could say the reasons didn'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'm also not working toward another profession, which many sex workers are. Many are students. I'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'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.