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SWOP-NYC shows how to be hustlas, baby… for sex workers rights. These photos I nervously snapped during the 2010 Hustla Ball which was a benefit for SWOP NYC.

The beautiful banner was made for us by rentboy.com and strategically placed by a SWOP NYC member. We had literature, we had magazines, we had Sarah Jenny. She fanned our new palm card (thanks Ben and Jerry’s Foundation!) out on the benches. In front of us, a guy was methodically branding male workers with the HustlaBall logo, gluing a fancy fake tattoo on their (toned/smooth/muscular) backs. Then a production line of spray paint glitter,stenciling, cartoon underpants (seriously), skull suspenders (for sure)… the body painter was a calm machine. At the end of each paint job, he photographed each guy’s abs.

Conrad saw (was interviewed by?) Robin Bird from Channel 35 but said he forgot to mention SWOP NYC (no big deal). I had a great view of performances from the balcony where our materials were located. Made friends a little bit with Craig Seymour and reminisced about Follies and other places down at Half and O, doing outreach, the guys all hanging around. RIP Half and O, Washington, D.C.

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