#Repost with @morgansirene ATTN: Allies and Civilians. I made this quick lil comic for you, because tomorrow is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers and very rarely, if ever, do I see non-sex workers posting advocacy and awareness for issues concerning safety and labor rights in the sex industry even though issues that affect us are everyone's issues! The discrimination and violence our most marginalized workers face are the most saturated examples of racism, classism, sexism, transphobia, homophobia, police brutality and stigmas surrounding sexual health all of which result in physical/emotional abuse, exploitation, and murder. This year I want to see some of you who consider yourselves allies post about this important day! Though I have faith in many of you, I want to specifically ask, nay, beg that you stick up for us in social situations. We are ALWAYS the butt of the joke for everyone except our own kind! If you laugh at a joke about a dead hooker or a dead stripper, or a SW of any kind being stupid, STI infested, gross, immoral, deserving of rape/abuse/murder etc you are COMPLICIT! Be a good ally and speak up in these situations. I have been both the hooker at the table in a nice restaurant being scoffed at by servers and part of the serving staff having to hear my coworkers say degrading and horrible things about an escort on a date REGARDLESS of whether they knew I had turned tricks in the past. This isn't funny, it's our lives. I am very privileged that my job as a stripper is not currently criminalized but it is still highly stigmatized-and as an already stigmatized person I've chosen to live with it and make it work for my life. If you care about me, don't let your friends call me dirty or classless or ask how many STIs I have, or when I'll get a real job. STIGMA KILLS SO KILL STIGMA. #swop #sexworkisrealwork #sexworkersrights #internationaldaytoendviolenceagainstsexworkers #yesastripper #hoelove #hoemance #hookersrule #feminist #sexpositive