Janet Mock Opens Up About Her Experiences As A Trans Sex Worker At Age 16

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Janet Mock Opens Up About Her Experiences As A Trans Sex Worker At Age 16
http://www.buzzfeed.com/clairepires/janet-mock-opens-up-about-life-as-a-trans-sex-worker-at-age
Claire Pires; BuzzFeed

In anticipation of the debut of her first book Redefining Realness, Janet Mock has released a six-part video series about her journey as a sex worker and how it relates to pop culture, death, and the power of words.

She said people perceive her as a woman, but then, when she reveals that she's trans, she becomes "objectified and gawked over."

[She wrote:] I do not believe using your body — often marginalized people's only asset, especially in poor, low-income, communities of color — to care after yourself is shameful. What I find shameful is a culture that exiles, stigmatizes and criminalizes those engaged in underground economies like sex work as a means to move past struggle to survival.