Interview 10

I think being a trans woman and doing sex work is dangerous, because yeah, it just is. I mean, part of that I think is because of the people, yeah like people just treat you like shit, because they feel like they can. And part of that is being a sex worker and people think that entitles them to be able to treat you a certain way and part of that is you being trans and therefore, people treat, feel like they can treat you a certain way, you know.

It’s hard to feel lovable when you feel so horrid about yourself and also, you know, however much work you go on yourself, you are always going to get treated by some people that horribly. And you know, again, I don’t feel entitled when I’m having sex and of course I fucking don’t. Sorry, again. I’m batting away at TERFs in my head there. I don’t care if people don’t wanna have sex with me. Like, yeah, sure, okay, fine like it’s just more this idea that yeah, alright, fuck it. Let’s have it out. I know, I think the reason, like I said theres lots of trans girls end up doing prostitution or end up in sex work or hurting themselves through risky, horrible, shitty sex. And it’s because that’s what you think you’re worth. That’s what I thought I was worth. You know, like you hate your own body and you don’t think you deserve, you know, you don’t feel like you’re pretty. You don’t feel like you’re a real girl like you deserve being treated properly. And it’s easy to find people who will treat you as if that was the case and victimise you. Because they think that about a trans girl, trans women as well.