tryst.link

"This movie has no business being so underrated. One of the least-known films in Spike Lee’s oeuvre, Girl 6 is a deep cut—and one of his more experimental works."

"How would you like to begin? What works best for you? How do you typically take it? Which do you prefer? What is it that you want? Would you like me to do it for you?"

"The Available Now feature in the Tryst link Dashboard is a useful way to let clients know that you're accepting work. By turning on Available Now, not only can clients see you’re available on your thumbnail, but you’re given a little boost in search results."

"Things have changed rapidly for Tryst link and the wider community. The world has changed in ways that put pressure on the sex industry, meaning that sex workers, clients, and the people working on Tryst are all navigating a more stressful, complicated world."

Our blog posts about Tryst.link have changed! Instead of blending product updates and community updates in one post, we've split them into two separate posts. This allows us to give more time and space to these important topics.

"Once I’m in a session, I feel grounded in being present—my phone isn’t in my hand, I have a plan, I have tools to work with, and a blank canvas to create with for this specific time, this specific person, and this specific place."

"I’ve been the kind of person who has expressed themself through art for as long as I can remember, in any form I gained interest in: drawing, writing poetry, and stories."

"Sex work was very present on his mind in some of his writing—understandably so, as sex work across genders was an open and public fact of African-American urban life in Harlem, New York..."

"Like many others, I always felt called to this sort of work. Like many before me, I’ve always been drawn to the whore in movies, stories, visual art, etc. I’ve always identified as a sacred slut."

Laws originally designed to target sex workers have historically always been later applied to all kinds of people, which is why we have always been canaries in the coal mine. One egregious example of this is when the United States conflated “promiscuity” with prostitution and aggressively criminalized both, under the guise of “public health.” 

"I’m very open about what I do for a living, and try to set the tone from the beginning by making it clear that I’m comfortable talking about it. When I tell new people about my job, the tendency can be to quickly change the subject, fearful of saying or asking the wrong thing."

Transitioning is a unique experience for each trans person. It can mean taking hormones, it can mean getting top or bottom surgery, it can mean cutting your hair, changing your clothes, your name, your pronouns. It can mean all of these things or none of them because it looks different for every one of us. Many people consider that you have to do something radical to transition, but that's not always the case. 

"I take pleasure in spending time with my clients. I want everyone to feel special and lusted after. Everyone and every BODY deserves intimacy and pleasure. I like being able to fulfill that need as Talia."

"his journey toward independence and empowerment is often fraught with unique challenges, including financial exclusion, legal hurdles, and social stigma."

"Stripper Web first opened its website back in 2002, and operated for over 20 years online as a centralized hub for sex workers from across the globe to communicate with one another via classic early internet forums."

~ Public Service (Public Holiday) Announcement ~

"My hands look old and the clients keep coming. When I smile you can see all the fine lines and crow's feet around my eyes from many, many years of joy and revelry. I’m starting to see through the lie that these things make me less beautiful."