“Sex working people are unbelievably gifted at figuring it out, but also wouldn't it be nice for folks to not have to do that, not have to always be strong, and just enjoy life a little bit?” — Elizabeth Ricks, legal director of the Trans Life Care Program at Chicago House
Years after passing, FOSTA-SESTA has barely been used for its stated purpose.
But it has done exactly the kind of collateral damage that sex worker advocates predicted it would.
In our final episode, \"The FOSTA Effect and the Future of Sex Worker Justice,\" we recount all the struggle we have endured in the wake of FOSTA-SESTA. We also discuss what comes next: a renewed push to decriminalize all kinds of sex work in the United States, and all the hard work that will come after that, too.
How can we continue to build a legacy of solidarity together?
Let Us Survive interviews Lakeesha Harris of Chicago Volunteer Doulas; Desiree Collins of the Colorado Entertainer Coalition; Jared Trujillo of CUNY Law School; Chibundo Egwuatu of HIPS (Honoring Individual Power and Strength) in DC, Elizabeth Ricks of the Trans Life Care Program at Chicago House; Melissa Gira Grant, author of Playing the Whore, Marla Cruz, a sex worker and writer from Texas, Caty Simon of Whose Corner Is it Anyway in Massachusetts; Kate D’Adamo of Reframe Health and Justice, and M of APAC (Adult Performer Advocacy Committee) in Los Angeles, along with Danielle Blunt, Red, and zara raven of Hacking//Hustling.
This podcast was hosted, produced, written, recorded, and edited by Tina Horn and Mickey Mod, with additional production support from Christopher Holloway.
Let Us Survive, an oral history project by sex workers for everyone, covers a decade of American sex worker justice movements, roughly 2013 to 2023. It also gazes towards the future: of the industry, and of our labor organizing.
To learn about this project, other research by Hacking//Hustling, and more about the past, present, and future of sex worker movements, please visit HackingHustling.org.
These interviews were conducted in 2023. Some facts and perspectives may have evolved since then.
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