Disability Pride Month Pause

Disability Pride Month was first a single day of celebration, marking the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) and has since evolved into an international event, usually celebrated in July. This month-long event aims to celebrate disabled people, our identities and our culture. 

We know there is huge overlap between the disabled, the neurodiverse and the sex working communities. We always want to honor your work and contributions, while encouraging you to do the same. Sometimes that honoring looks like taking a break and repaying that sleep debt. And don’t we all deserve a little rest? 

Our content team is comprised of disabled and neurodiverse sex workers – both past and present –and we’d like to take this opportunity to practice what we preach, by taking some time off for ourselves. We will be pausing publishing between the 6th and 12th of August, and will return on the 13th. With this reduced capacity, please allow for delayed response times from us in the content team. We love you, we’ll miss you, we’ll see you on the 13th!

As this Disability Pride Month comes to a close we’d like to highlight some of the amazing work published previously here on the blog, as well as Yes, We Fuck!, a documentary accessible for free from Vimeo about disability and sex featuring a session with a dominatrix and their client. Paul B.Preciado has written a fantastic essay about it.

POTS, EDS, Disability, and SW

m an autistic disabled person who’s especially interested in neurodivergency and its comorbidities and co-occurring conditions, such as chronic illnesses. I try to investigate a lot and hear the experiences and stories of other disabled people to learn from them, which I think is very important.

Tryst.link BlogKam

Sex Work, Disability, and Access

“You can do anything you want if you put your mind into it!” As a disabled Dominatrix, I know that’s not always true. The world is not made for disabled people and that comes with some limitations for us.

Tryst.link BlogKam

May I Have Your Attention Please

‘I want attention, yes. That’s part of why I did sex work. It felt like a healthy, harmless and not completely insufferable way to seek the spotlight. Except the spotlight was the soft glowing lamp in a massage parlour, a dimmable downlight in a dungeon with an audience of one.’

Tryst.link BlogMia Walsch

I’m Tired of Being Asked About Sex Trafficking

I love being able to get out into the community and talk about sex work. But there’s one thing that happens every time I talk about my work, and it really pisses me off: someone inevitably raises the issue of sex trafficking.

Tryst.link BlogGeorgie Wolf

Neurodivergence and Sex Work - How I Work Differently

People who, like me, chose this work because it works for us when so much of the rest of the world doesn’t -- are often neurodivergent. Neurodivergence and sex work go together like peas and carrots. It works for us.

Tryst.link BlogBarbie Wilder

Activism Means Standing Up For Yourself, Not Just Others

I was now being referred to as a sex work activist, and it made me feel empowered. Through standing up for myself, I had in turn stood up for my community. Through speaking my truth – and doing it unapologetically.

Tryst.link BlogVixen Temple

Hoes Odes: An Ode to Amphetamines and Store Bought Dopamine

blessed be the amphetamine let it bring forth order to my house, my home, my head, the places in which I all live holy is the miracle of its mighty works

Tryst.link BlogRory Rumble