Though in theory doctors are bound by the Hippocratic Oath to “do no harm,” sex workers will tell you that whorephobia runs deep and that it has deleterious effects on their medical care.
In her poignant essay “Once You Have Made Pornography,” porn star Lorelei Lee (they/them) brilliantly outlines the long-term consequences of sex work stigma for porn stars, yet what they describe is more broadly applicable to sex workers of all kinds…