“Full decriminalization,” or what we call the “exploitation model,” throws our fate into the hands of the free market and under the control of a multibillion-dollar industry placing profit over people. I wanted to leave prostitution but, like most in prostitution, couldn’t. Sex buyers dehumanized and treated me like a fetish and commodity. When I began my gender transition, circumstances forced me into prostitution for survival. However, I fundamentally disagree that expanding the rights of pimps, brothel owners and sex buyers will keep women like us safe. Gentili, was forced into prostitution because of economic coercion. I’m a transgender woman and sex trade survivor who, like Ms. Re “ Only Full Decriminalization Will Help Sex Workers,” by Cecilia Gentili (Opinion guest essay, Oct.
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