Chicago – Adult content creator, model and disability advocate\/ educator GoAskAlex made a featured appearance to discuss \u2018Neurodiversity & Disability in Sex Work\u2019 for the new podcast On the Whorizon.<\/p>\n
Hosts Jessie Sage and MelRose Michaels discuss the limitations of \u2018conventional\u2019 jobs and how sex work offers the flexibility and financial means to make money because of disabilities or caretaking for those with disabilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy passion is speaking about and working to promote the representation of underrepresented bodies in pornography,\u201d said Alex, who was already an established and successful performer for six years prior to her 2019 ileostomy surgery, which involved the removal of her large bowel and implemented a stoma (opening), – requiring the use of a pouch attached to her abdomen.<\/p>\n
Alex explained that the discussions between doctors and patients post-surgery generally don\u2019t include the topics of sex and intimacy. \u201cThe way our hospitals are set up\u2026 you\u2019re really in and out, and the focus is on efficiency rather than having that patient care\u2026 I don\u2019t think the doctors really wanted to have that conversation. I don\u2019t think anybody was really volunteering to have an awkward conversation about sexuality.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added that \u201cit\u2019s still really hard performing and getting naked; I still have a lot of insecurity and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s ever going to go away. I look at the way my body used to look and I feel envy for that\u2026 when I\u2019m performing, I try to find underwear and lingerie\u2026 that makes me feel more comfortable.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor other people who are my fans, they might say they don\u2019t even notice it or it\u2019s just there and it\u2019s not positive or negative – it\u2019s just there, it doesn\u2019t matter. And that is what I want, that\u2019s my goal, but of course mentally it\u2019s always there for me – the thing that you\u2019re most insecure about on your body\u2026 but it\u2019s right there on camera and you can\u2019t hide it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are so many sex workers with disabilities, chronic illness, mental health – our industry is saturated with people who have these conditions, and the representation of that is very low in comparison to how many people are living with these things\u2026 people with disabilities still have sex, still have pleasure and can still be sexy.\u201d<\/p>\n
To listen to the\u00a0On the Whorizon\u00a0<\/em>interview in full, visit\u00a0Anchor.fm\/Whorizon<\/a>,\u00a0Podcasts.apple.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0YouTube.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more info about GoAskAlex, go to\u00a0GoAskAlex.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow her on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0OnlyFans<\/a>.<\/p>\n ABOUT GOASKALEX:<\/em><\/p>\n GoAskAlex is an adult model, onscreen performer and sex educator with the distinction of being the industry\u2019s first-ever ostomate since receiving a life-changing surgery in 2019: \u201cmy small intestine was diverted out through my abdomen, and I now wear a permanent medical device.\u201d<\/p>\n The auburn-haired British Columbia, Canada native – who launched her adult career in 2014 as a webcam model and online companion – has since taken the opportunity to use her high-profile platform to advocate for disabled and underrepresented bodies in adult media.<\/p>\n GoAskAlex currently sits atop the 1% of content creators on\u00a0OnlyFans<\/a>, is a top attraction over at\u00a0SuicideGirls.com<\/a>\u00a0and sells her original video clips on top sites such as\u00a0ManyVids<\/a>.\u00a0iWantClips<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Clips4sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n