If you all met me 6 years ago, you wouldn’t recognise me. I was cripplingly shy, struggled to talk to men and didn’t know myself at all... or how powerful I could be.

Charlie gave me so much in my life, and she made me the person I am today.

She helped me build self confidence, showed me I was beautiful, helped me get my dream degree and helps me be a voice for people that can’t speak out like I can.

I don’t think there are any words in the dictionary to explain the gratitude I have for her, what she has brought to my life and what she continues to give. I would be such a cloistered shell of a person if I hadn’t discovered her all those years ago.

So tonight on International Sex Worker Pride Day I’m drinking a gin to this bad ass fucking boss bitch. She’s the strongest person I will ever know, and I couldn’t love someone more if I tried.