Category: Health

It Happened To Me: I’m An Escort Who Thought She Had Gonorrhea

1940 World War II military propaganda poster (Image courtesy of the National Library of Medicine)

I was in the midst of a pretty good day when I received a phone call from one of my non-client lovers. The poor boy had come down with a case of throat gonorrhea, which I didn’t even know was a thing.  He was just calling to let me know I had been exposed the… Continue reading It Happened To Me: I’m An Escort Who Thought She Had Gonorrhea

Activist Spotlight Interview: Sarah Patterson on Health, Access, and Risk

In January 2012, Sarah Elspeth Patterson and a group of other sex worker activists in NYC went to work offering health care and social services to sex workers. The much needed outcome, Persist Health Project, is the 2nd sex worker only health clinic in the United States, after Saint James Infirmary in San Francisco. While… Continue reading Activist Spotlight Interview: Sarah Patterson on Health, Access, and Risk

Whore’s Bath—More Than Washing Your Pussy For The Next Client

[The next Whore’s Bath/Solace Spa Suite event will be held at the Desiree Alliance conference on Weds, July 17th, between 11 AM and 6:30 PM. At the time of posting, we believe you can still register  for the Desiree Alliance conference, though you will no longer receive a room discount.—ed.] Whore’s Bath is a day… Continue reading Whore’s Bath—More Than Washing Your Pussy For The Next Client

Dungeon or Psych Ward?: A Crazy Whore Explains It All

Being a crazy whore is kind of like being the meanest dog at the pound: out of all of the rejects, you’re the least wanted, and your very existence makes your peers look bad. I say this from experience. I used to work at a pound, and I’m definitely a bitch (HEY-O). I’m also a… Continue reading Dungeon or Psych Ward?: A Crazy Whore Explains It All