An Unseen Struggle: Sex Work in a Pandemic

Photograph from UCSB event page: “From left to right, UCSB Black Studies professor Terrance Wooten, Sinnamon Love of the BIPOC Sex Workers Collective, MF Akynos of the Black Sex Workers Collective and Chiqui of the Berlin Strippers Collective in an event on sex work during the time of COVID, presented by the Multicultural Center and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center.”

Created by: Annabel Costa

Date of Release: 2020 – 2021

How to Access: Read for free here on UCSB’s website

Context: An article describing an online event hosted by the UC Santa Barbara Multicultural Center and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center which included Black sex workers as speakers–MF Akynos (founder of the Black Sex Worker Collective), Sinnamon Love (founder of the BIPOC sex worker collective).

Submitted by: Akynos, the BSWC

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