Navigating the Gentrified World of Feminist Porn; What Full-service Sex Workers Want You to Know: A panel discussion

Panel, 120 Min.

Freier Eintritt, auf Englisch

Mit: Andie Macario, Isabel, KAy Garnellen, Dion De Rossi (Moderation)

Ort: Aquarium, Skalitzer Str. 6, 10999 Berlin

(Hinweis: der folgende Text ist in Englisch, da die Veranstaltung in englischer Sprache stattfindet.)

Sex work is perhaps one of the broadest and most debated field of work today – and yet in the fight to decriminalize and destigmatize our work, many sex worker rights activists – particularly those with more privilege – fall in to the trap of appealing to respectability and artistic freedom to justify the industry and its right to protection.

This panel aims to center the voices of full service sex workers in the debate – and provide an opportunity for those in the ethical / feminist / indie porn industry to learn more about how to advocate for the rights of all sex workers without invisibilizing or further stigmatizing workers from migrant, undocumented, survival, full service, high volume or otherwise less glamorized areas of the sex industry. Topics covered will include the gentrification of the sex industry as a result of interest in feminist / indie porn, talking to the media as a sex worker, the challenges facing full-service sex workers today and the implications of working in a post SESTA/FOSTA world.

Participants:

Andie Macario is a queer latinx femme sex worker, activist, porn performer and performance artist living in the UK.

KAy Garnellen and Isabel are both trans identified sex workers and run Trans Sex Works, a peer to peer support structure and networking group by and for trans sex workers. Trans sex workers in Germany and in many other countries are often excluded from support and counseling structures to fit their needs. Trans Sex Works aims to fulfill the needs of those with the biggest issues on a peer to peer basis.

Speaker from Trans Sex Works (TBC).

Dion De Rossi (Moderator) is a queer sex worker and sexological bodyworker living in Berlin.