Today, December 17th.
In San Francisco, there has been an incredible amount of violence against sex workers. Last spring, the murder of Ruby Rodriguez a trans woman and immigrant was one that actually made the news.
Issues that sex workers face are complex and multi-faceted. Often people who become sex workers are people who are already facing some sort of discrimination - be it an issue of class, race, immigration status, or gender.
Sex workers are strong, courageous people who are doing their best to survive. Sex workers are also smart, beautiful, community minded, and maybe have an experience or two or ten thousand from which we all can learn.
Please take a moment to think about these issues before telling your dead hooker joke, or before assuming that someone who is a sex worker is less of a person.
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