Coming Out As a Sex Worker, Coming Out As a Person

Coming Out As a Sex Worker, Coming Out As a Person

6 years ago
Anonymous $CLwNLde341

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mbkv7a/coming-out-as-a-sex-worker-liara-roux-personal-essay

My sister was munching on something in my kitchen. I stood across from her, the counter between us. She was facing away from me. I rolled words around in my mind, trying to construct a sentence that would put her at ease, not evoke disturbing stereotypes about people like me. I had been talking about my stalker, this guy who was convinced I was in love with him and became infuriated when he realized I had a partner.

“I’m an escort,” I told her, “and he was a client.”