A new website has launched that promises to be a valuable resource for male sex workers, offering advice and support in dealing with unique challenges men face in the industry.

 

The site, Me, Us & Male Escorting (at aboutmaleescorting.com), was created by Victor Minichiello and John Scott. They are the editors of Male Sex Work And Society, a book that explored the lives of male sex workers. The new site is an extension of their earlier work; the site will offer personal stories, as well as factual and useful information. It will also advocate for the decriminalization of sex work around the world. 

 

“We know it is impossible to capture the broad diversity of voices in the sex industry and our research acknowledges this,” Minichiello and Scott admitted. “It is crucial that academics, sex workers, activists and others work together to achieve decriminalization and raise public awareness about MSW in all its diversity. We appreciate that sex workers must have a say in the way in which the sex industry is regulated and that bad laws need to be challenged by factual research that incorporates sex workers as partners.

 

"It would also be great to bring the voices of clients into focus and we often forget that this very large and diverse group are as stigmatized as sex workers. Indeed, it is much harder for us to recruit clients to talk than it is sex workers. Hopefully, technology and our own modest efforts are changing that.”

 

There is not a lot of content on the site as it is brand new, but the blog has started and includes articles on "The benefits of prostitution to society" and "Male escorting: What it takes to make it work."

 

The site also promises the release of an Android app called MALES, with access over 300 male escort websites from around the globe (60 countries).

 

"We do want to extend a dialogue on male sex work to existing and new and untapped audiences on this topic and create forums that assist in the deconstruction and removal of stigmatisation," the creators promised.