Ceyenne Doroshow

In this episode, we begin our special two-week series on sex work by talking to the fabulous Ceyenne Doroshow. No description can really do Ceyenne justice, but she is, among other things, a performer, an activist and organizer, a community-based researcher, and a powerful public figure in the trans and sex workers rights’ movements. She is the author of the book Cooking in Heels, and the Founder and Executive Director of G.L.I.T.S. (Gays & Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society). We talk about Ceyenne’s life, about growing up as a trans woman in a world that was so often unwilling to accept or nurture her. We talk about finding mentors and community in New York City, and about eventually becoming a mentor for others. We talk about the first job where Ceyenne could finally be herself. We talk about being arrested for sex work, and we talk about the countless obstacles that black trans women and trans sex workers face today. And we talk about fighting back against systems of oppression and about the need to build communities out of love and humanity. 

 

Additional links/info below...

• G.L.I.T.S. (Gays & Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society) website 
• Ceyenne’s book, Cooking in Heels: A Memoir Cookbook 
• Amy Zimmerman, The Daily Beast, “The New Law that Puts Transgender Sex Workers in Danger” 
• StopTransMurders.org 
• Serena Sonoma, Bustle, “5 Black Trans Women in History Who Paved the Way for Me” 

 

Information about Sound Education conference (Harvard, Nov 1-3)… 

• Speaker List
• Schedule 

 

Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)

• Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"
• Handmade Moments, “Fighting a Mountain” 
• The Relatives, “What’s Wrong with America?” 
• Mindseye & Dr. Rinkel, “Ignorance Is Bliss” 
• Miami Slice, “Solid Gold”