In Support of "In Conversation with Sex Workers"

Last month, Erika Lust posted a series of conversations with sex workers about their lives, the work they do, and the stigma and discrimination they face. Like Lust's other work, the series was artful, powerful and nuanced. Nonetheless, when the videos were posted on YouTube, the site censored them and closed her account.

There was no nudity, let alone explicit behavior. While we don't know what reasoning YouTube might claim for shuttering the account, or whether it was related to the dangerous SESTA/FOSTA laws passed earlier this year, it censored sex worker voices, and political speech about sex worker rights.

YouTube is not the first platform that has censored Lust's series, In Conversation with Sex Workers. But it is the largest, and leaves her with few places to share those stories.

That's why we're posting the videos here, on Free Speech Coalition. We're standing in solidarity with Erika Lust, and with the sex workers themselves, and want them to have as wide an audience as possible. Please watch, either below or on ErikaLust.com:

1. In Conversation with Sex Workers: Coming Out As A Sex Worker

[embed]https://cdn.xconfessions.com/videos/In+Conversations+With+Sex+Workers/ICWSW_Part1_1080.mp4[/embed] 

2. In Conversation with Sex Workers: The Stigma of Sex Work

[embed]https://cdn.xconfessions.com/videos/In+Conversations+With+Sex+Workers/ICWSW_Part2_1080.mp4[/embed] 

3. In Conversation with Sex Workers: Sex Work and Clients

[embed]https://cdn.xconfessions.com/videos/In+Conversations+With+Sex+Workers/ICWSW_Part3_1080.mp4[/embed] 

4. In Conversation with Sex Workers: Sex Work and the Law

[embed]https://cdn.xconfessions.com/videos/In+Conversations+With+Sex+Workers/ICWSW_Part4_1080.mp4[/embed] 

5. In Conversation with Sex Workers: Sex Work and Feminism

[embed]https://cdn.xconfessions.com/videos/In+Conversations+With+Sex+Workers/ICWSW_Part5_1080.mp4[/embed]