“Law enforcement failed to protect me when I was attacked and robbed because consensual sex work is illegal. Law enforcement targeted me in a facilitated human trafficking operation, then arrested me and charged me with prostitution although I’m a consenting adult. This created a series of misfo...

“All I could focus on was their bulletproof vests. What on earth were they afraid of? Two 27 year old women who chose to consensually participate in sex work. Three police women wearing bulletproof vests emerged from the adjoining hotel room. The cold weight of the handcuffs felt eerie against my ...