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Inside the Life of Queer Sex-Workers  [message #59114] Thu, 15 October 2009 11:54 Go to next message
Brody Levesque is currently offline  Brody Levesque

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A number of posts ago, Macky had wondered if anyone talks to Sex-Workers about their profession. Here, from ADVOCATE.COM comes a report (Linked) from the 12th annual "Hustla Ball" in New York City.

I'm a Hustla

Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix played hustlers in My Own Private Idaho, but Advocate.com heads inside Hustlaball and talks to real hookers about the life of a sex worker.
By Brian Joseph Ferree and Hugh Ryan

http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Media/Im_a_Hustla/

> edit to make link work - timmy

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Re: Inside the Life of Queer Sex-Workers  [message #59121 is a reply to message #59114] Thu, 15 October 2009 16:53 Go to previous message
acam is currently offline  acam

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Thank you for the link, Brody. It was interesting but left me unsatisfied that I really didn't end up feeling I know what motivates such people.

And the only one who admitted how he got into it was the guy who was thrown out of his home at 15 - presumably because he was gay though it doesn't say so.

When I look back, for some reason I was very anxious not to be bought. Anything that made me think I was prostituting myself made me miserable and even frightened. And it wasn't as if there was any question of earning a living that way.

I guess what I really wanted was an equal relationship, neither being dominant nor subservient. I suppose I think a mutually loving relationship is much easier to form and maintain if the partners are equal in as many ways as possible.

What do you think?

Love,
Anthony
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