PATTAYA, Thailand—Sex worker rights advocate Mariah Grant is this week’s guest on "Adult Site Broker Talk."
Grant is a human rights expert who focuses on migrant and sex worker rights, freedom of movement, and labor exploitation.
She advocates ending systems of oppression in collaboration with impacted communities and individuals, including sex workers, drug users, migrants, and people who are currently or were previously incarcerated. She currently works as a freelance consultant, focusing on projects related to sex worker rights, human trafficking prevention, and survivor services.
Before consulting, Grant was the Director of Research and Advocacy at the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center, where she led research on the harmful effects of sex work criminalization, including police violence, and advocated for policy reforms to decriminalize and destigmatize sex work.
Her collaborations include work with organizations such as the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the US Department of State, the US Department of Labor, ICF International, Woodhull Freedom Foundation, Free Speech Coalition, Decriminalize Sex Work, Freedom Network USA, New Moon Network, Protection International, Morrison Child and Family Service, Minority Rights Group International, and the Global Network of Sex Work Projects.
In her previous roles, Grant introduced and helped pass state and federal-US laws and policies to protect the health and human rights of sex workers and survivors of human trafficking. She's also led several research projects on topics ranging from the experiences of sex workers in conflict zones and humanitarian crises to the impacts of district attorney non-prosecution policies in the context of sex work criminalization.
Follow her on X at @MariahGrant29.
Bruce, "the adult site broker" and show host, said: “My conversation with Mariah was fascinating. We could have easily talked twice as long. I learned a lot about sex worker rights, and you will, too.”
Listen to Grant on "Adult Site Broker Talk." For more information, visit the Adult Site Broker website and follow Bruce, the Adult Site Broker, on X.
