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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 8d

LAUNCH DAY IS HERE!

Transactional Intercourse, an anthology including 30 trans and intersex sex workers’ writing, will serve as a snapshot of experiences in our own words. It is now available on Kickstarter so we can crowdfund its publication!

Transactional Intercourse

A Trans and Intersex Sex Worker Anthology.

www.kickstarter.com

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 3d

I've been fortunate enough to have a lot of other sex workers I know share the call for pitch submissions, but I can always use more! I'll reach out, plus if they're willing to share the project in general that's a bonus.

Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 3d

Backed this myself yesterday - you NEED to check out the art for this on the Kickstarter page. Monsterfucker paradise. 😍

Nova & Mali @novamali.bsky.social · 6d

Back it here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/novaandmali/in-their-clutches-just-another-monsterfxcking-zine

In Their Clutches - just another monsterfxcking zine

Sexy, monstrous, gorgeous, and scary - check out our monster filled riso zine!

www.kickstarter.com

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 3d

Officially now a "project we love", and we're slowly but surely getting closer to the goal! There's 25 days to make it, so please shared Transactional Intercourse with your friends and acquaintances and anyone who cares about sex workers!

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Christina Blair | NYC @christinablair.bsky.social · 5d

@violetrollergirl.com shared this project and wanted to continue sharing so it keeps getting traction.

I just donated + if you’ve got the $ you can too 💫

Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 5d

I'm tired of looking for stories from trans and intersex sex workers and finding far more instances of people speaking over us than instances where we get to speak for ourselves. We're 20% of the way to an anthology seeking to combat that!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...

A picture of the Kickstarter page showing the project is £3251 funded out of £15700 with 77 backers and 27 days to go.

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"Vi" Rollergirl | NYC/BOS/FMTY 🍑🏳️‍⚧️ @violetrollergirl.com · 5d

This is a cool project and if you can spare some coin today (that isn't going to tipping sex workers today), consider helping get @mxjackparker.bsky.social anthology project funded, please! 👇🏻

Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 5d

I'm tired of looking for stories from trans and intersex sex workers and finding far more instances of people speaking over us than instances where we get to speak for ourselves. We're 20% of the way to an anthology seeking to combat that!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 5d

I'm tired of looking for stories from trans and intersex sex workers and finding far more instances of people speaking over us than instances where we get to speak for ourselves. We're 20% of the way to an anthology seeking to combat that!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...

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Jiz Lee @jizlee.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you @mxjackparker.bsky.social for bringing these stories to the forefront! Support the new anthology, pre-order your book, and reach out to Jack if you have an essay to pitch. 🏳️‍⚧️ ☂️

Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 8d

LAUNCH DAY IS HERE!

Transactional Intercourse, an anthology including 30 trans and intersex sex workers’ writing, will serve as a snapshot of experiences in our own words. It is now available on Kickstarter so we can crowdfund its publication!

Transactional Intercourse

A Trans and Intersex Sex Worker Anthology.

www.kickstarter.com

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 6d

You can order it knowing that your money will go directly to paying the most marginalized sex workers for their work. I really want to believe we can get this fully funded and secure the support necessary to get stories like these out into the world!

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 6d

Everyone who pre-orders a copy helps Transactional Intercourse get made, whether you get an e-book or go for a higher tier with more content and extras! If you have any interest in the lives of trans and/or intersex sex workers, this book will give you insight.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...

A graphic showing the options for different tiers when pre-ordering a book, including the ebook for £5/$7, Paperback for £15/$21, Paperback and Quote book for £25/$34 and the Omnibus for £35/$48.

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 7d

Just over 24 hours in and we're off to a good start (15% funded with 29 days left)! Getting the rest of the way there is going to be a battle and having people get excited about the anthology and hype it up makes it more likely we'll make it to fully funded.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...

A screenshot of the Kickstarter page for Transactional Intercourse showing that it has raised £2,451 out of the £15,700 goal.

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 8d

A full range of perspectives and circumstances will be presented in this anthology rather than stifling voices to create a collection that is solely about empowerment or trauma. There is enough room for those of us who love sex work and those of us who hate it!

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 8d

People who do not conform to society's expectations with regards to our sex and gender are either overlooked or made into hypervisible subjects of mockery and hatred, and this is compounded further when we engage in stigmatized labour like sex work. That's why projects like this matter!

A pastel trans flag with a heart shaped version of the intersex flag inside it.

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 8d

LAUNCH DAY IS HERE!

Transactional Intercourse, an anthology including 30 trans and intersex sex workers’ writing, will serve as a snapshot of experiences in our own words. It is now available on Kickstarter so we can crowdfund its publication!

Transactional Intercourse

A Trans and Intersex Sex Worker Anthology.

www.kickstarter.com

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 10d

There's a diversity of experience that often goes unappreciated - intersex sex workers have their own struggles as well as those which overlap with trans workers', women and men and non-binary people each have their own perspectives, all on top of race and class and disability. Let's hear!

“There’s a lot of complicated dynamics that come with navigating things like having clients who are urologists who are actually the ones doing intersex genital mutilation surgery, but then also wanting to pay intersex people for sex when we’re adults... that’s absolutely one of the things that fucks with my mind the most.”

“I have really special memories of being at a national intersex conference and having a few of us sneak out of the sessions to talk about being intersex sex workers outside sitting on the floor, and it was the most seen I’ve ever felt in my life to talk with people who really intimately understood.”

“It’s hard to see all the fetishizing of transness behind the scenes contrasted by public hate - on a large scale, or the domestic mistreatment trans women experience from the kinds of cis men who would book with me. But doing SW has given me a lot of confidence in, insight into, and control over my transness.”

“I’ve been on low dose T for 4 years but am still cis for pay, shaving off all my body hair and feminizing my voice. I would probably be on higher dose of T if not for still needing to girl mode for work.”

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 10d

Quotes from trans and/or intersex sex workers in our own voices - a peek at some of the variations in perspectives among us, ahead of Transactional Intercourse being put together as an anthology of sex worker writing!

transactionalintercourse.substack.com/p/quotes-in-...

Quotes In Our Own Voices

Trans and Intersex sex workers speak up!

transactionalintercourse.substack.com

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 12d

Becoming a parent is difficult for everyone, but especially when you're a sex worker with no access to parental leave pay who needs time to recover before selling more sex while post-partum.

If you have funds to spare and want to help me take 8 weeks off after I give birth:
gofund.me/7369fa55a

Donate to Help a Trans Sex Worker Take Parental Leave, organized by Jack Parker

Hi, I'm Jack (he/they) and I'm a 27 year old non-binary trans man who became p… Jack Parker needs your support for Help a Trans Sex Worker Take Parental Leave

gofund.me

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Emma (Em) Sterner-Radley @emmasternerradley.bsky.social · 12d

Finally reading Working Guys and what a hard but rewarding read it is. I highly recommend it!

Thanks to @mxjackparker.bsky.social
and all the authors for this gem of an anthology.

A page from the book Working Guys and a coffee on a table

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 12d

Becoming a parent is difficult for everyone, but especially when you're a sex worker with no access to parental leave pay who needs time to recover before selling more sex while post-partum.

If you have funds to spare and want to help me take 8 weeks off after I give birth:
gofund.me/7369fa55a

Donate to Help a Trans Sex Worker Take Parental Leave, organized by Jack Parker

Hi, I'm Jack (he/they) and I'm a 27 year old non-binary trans man who became p… Jack Parker needs your support for Help a Trans Sex Worker Take Parental Leave

gofund.me

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𝔖𝔭𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔶 𝔖𝔦𝔯𝔦 𝔇𝔞𝔥𝔩🧛🏻‍♀️ @siridahl.com · Sep 5

WE DID IT! We raised over $16,000 today for sex worker mutual aid! Many many more thanks and thoughts to come - but for now I’m exhausted, I’m elated, and I’m so grateful for everybody who showed up for @corntelethon.bsky.social today whether virtually, in studio, or via donation. 😌🥰🫶😹

Exhausted Siri at home on the couch, wearing an olive green velour jumpsuit and pink tank top and looking obviously tired (but HAPPY)

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · Sep 2

Yes and they're heavily encouraged to send a pitch! Budget will also be set aside for a translation for anyone who would prefer not to write in English or who'd otherwise be prohibited from applying for that reason.

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · Sep 1

October 15th! Then selection will happen by November 1st.

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · Aug 31

Further details and a place be notified about the project for anyone who's interested in getting a copy of the anthology when it's complete: kickstarter.com/projects/mxjackparker/transactional-intercourse/

Coming soon: Transactional Intercourse

A Trans and Intersex Sex Worker Anthology.

kickstarter.com

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · Aug 29

PAID WRITING OPPORTUNITY for trans and/or intersex sex workers! Looking for pitches of essays and personal narratives about your experience in sex work to be included in Transactional Intercourse, a trans and intersex sex worker anthology.

Send in your pitches here: forms.gle/UV8TLD8xKGxZ...

Call for submissions of pitches for Transactional Intercourse. £250/£340 per 1000 words.

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YAS Work @yaswork.bsky.social · Aug 25

Check out our last episode from Season 1 of 2025 with Jack Parker. #MxJackParker #HookerMentality #YASPodcast @mxjackparker.bsky.social

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