I’m a Hustla

Originally published in The Advocate on 10/14/2009. Read the article in its entirety, with comments, here.

On October 11 the Hustlaball returned to New York, the city where it began. Now in its 12th year, the Hustlaball, according to its organizers, “brings the world of porn stars, hustlers, hookers, pimps, streetwalkers, flesh-peddlers, and other scandalous sorts to the stage and dance floor under one roof.” As hundreds danced, talked, and worked the night away, The Advocate spoke to a number of sex workers about their careers, the economy, and life under the red light…

Read the rest of my profiles of seven sex workers in The Advocate.