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title: "Sex Work: The Basics"
date: 2019-03-09T03:00:00-05:00
author: OBOS Admin
canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/sex-work-the-basics"
section: Resources
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# Sex Work: The Basics

A basic primer on what sex work is, who sex workers are, why sex workers engage in sex work, how sex work is different than trafficking, and more.

> Marginalized individuals who sell/trade sex (such as Indigenous women, people of colour, transgender or non-binary individuals, those in extreme poverty, or those struggling with physical and mental health issues or addiction) experience greater vulnerability. Because individuals who sell/trade sex are dehumanized, they are targeted for violence and face barriers to supports. Because of the stigmatized nature of sex work, they are blamed for the violence that they experience.

[Read the full article ](https://livingincommunity.ca/sex-work-101/)

SOURCE: LIving in Community

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![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)Topics

- [ sexualities, gender, and relationships](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/subject-area/sexualities-gender-relationships)
- [ sex work](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/sex-work)
- [introductions](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/introductions)
- [human trafficking](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/human-trafficking)
- [pornography and erotica](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/pornography-erotica)
- [sex work](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/sex-work)

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## Organize Like a Sex Worker: Learning from Worker and Organizer Kate D'Adamo

An interview with past Our Bodies Ourselves content expert Kate D'Adamo in which they talk about both sex work organizing and abortion rights/reproductive justice

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An interview with past Our Bodies Ourselves content expert Kate D'Adamo in which they talk about both sex work organizing and abortion rights/reproductive justice](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/organize-like-a-sex-worker-learning-from-worker-and-organizer-kate-adamo)

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## Radiolab Podcast Presents: Gonads

A podcast series about genetics, chromosomes, gender, genitalia, and “the parts of us that let us make more of us.”

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A podcast series about genetics, chromosomes, gender, genitalia, and “the parts of us that let us make more of us.”](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/radiolab-podcast-presents-gonads)

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## An Introduction to Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is both all too common and incredibly individual. Here is Breast Cancer Action's introduction to what we need to know.

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Breast cancer is both all too common and incredibly individual. Here is Breast Cancer Action's introduction to what we need to know.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/breast-cancer-overview)