The Los Angeles Sex Work State of the Union

By Courtney Kocak “LA is not perfect, but it’s a lot less racist than other places where I’ve worked,” says Selena the Stripper, a stripper and sugar baby who’s been doing sex work for about five years — long enough to know the lay of the land here. (Selena notes that Atlanta strip clubs are less racist than LA’s.) As far as the Los Angeles scene, Selena explains, “There’s a lot of money here. There are many rich and powerful people who pop by strip clubs. It’s been pretty great money overall, but on the flip, clubs exploit us.” Selena is nonbinary, uses fae/faer pronouns and goes by @prettybo…

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