prostitution

The Defiant, Sex Worker-Run Escort Sites Legally Skirting U.S. Laws

When SESTA-FOSTA made it illegal for U.S. sites to advertise any form of sex work, sex workers responded with a simple solution: internationally hosted escort sites like MegaPersonals and Tryst. But are these sites as free from regulation as they seem?

The Secret Male Sex Workers of Ancient Rome

Etched onto the walls of a seriously old brothel is definitive proof that male sex workers lived, worked and fucked — often queerly — before a conservative emperor wiped them out

For Alice Little, Intimacy Is Everything

The high-earning courtesan has made waves by standing up for sex workers and their rights, but now, she’s working on something even more personal — coaching her clients on how to have better, more intimate sex

The ‘New Gigolos’ Reinventing Male Companionship and Sex Work

Historically, ‘gigolos’ have been male sex workers who provide companionship and sexual services to women. Now, a new generation of trans and nonbinary men — as well as a few unconventional cis guys — are pushing the profession into uncharted new directions