EROS. P411 slixxa. HX  BP MASSAGE/transgender/  TER -  

Only in America

Personally I only use Eros and TER, and keep up a P411 profile so this won't effect me at all. I assume the ads will simply shift away to one of many other alternative English sites. My first reaction to the news was what will happen to the Asian Backpage ads. Backpage acts as one of the go to places for English speakers over seas... well at least in countries without a centralized red light district. In some countries almost all of the local alternative sites do not cater to none native speakers at all. So... I just checked Backpage Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo, all 3 are up and running. It's only blocked in America for now, and it will have much bigger effect if the trend hits overseas.

I got a lot of clients from BP, mainly first timers and young guys... Good clients, I usually try to ask "where'd you see my ad?" 50% came from BP..  This is a huge hit to the volume of calls Ill be getting... TBH, I feel like if BP were to verify their ads in their adult sections, and only post ads of verified providers they wouldn't be in this mess...

will be interesting to see if there is an uptick in street traffic on Santa Monica Blvd. while backpage is down.  At the very least, there will be a few more business- oriented girls at the Frat House and Hamburger Mary's while things get sorted out.

As the link below describes, this is like blaming the liquor stores in our country for some people getting drunk and doing stupid things with what they purchased from those stores.

Please stand up. Stand out. Do whatever it takes to push back this tide of venomous and totally hypocritical assault on our freedoms to exist, and the absolute ignorance which still surrounds the lives of many, if not most, involved in our lines of work and our art, for those that consider it as such.

i have spent a *quarter* of my entire life now in upscale erotic arts, companionships, and escorting. It became one of the greatest, lasting, committed, almost entirely positive, and passionate loves of my life, and a very important part of my being fully self-actualized as a real mainstream society woman, in what is still a very hostile and far too ignorant society, especially where TSs' are concerned, much less all sexworkers.... and all of this, in a still virulently puritanical and theologically hypocritical sociology and mythos, surrounding the nature of sex, procreation, and gender expression of any kind that falls outside of the supposed "morality" of the Adam & Eve model.

This will affect the lives of tens of thousands of women in the art, both TS and GG, and many that have no other way to even afford to advertise on the more expensive sites, nor the wherewithal to create their own websites if you're living on the street level or just above it.  

Many times my listings as a sponsor advertiser with BP saved my week, or month, or year, and even once or twice my life (another interesting story).... i have met more truly good people, made life-changing and lasting connections with shy and wary newcomers and the most experienced seekers alike, and at least 40 to 60% of all my contacts in the last 12 years via BP.... I published in any city **THE*** single most clean, mature, well written, and distinctively forthright and honest pages out of literally thousands of listings, and have been rewarded for it *countless* times by good, kind, and sincerely seeking people that may not even know of the TER, or EROS, much less the other sites like P411 and date-check and etc etc etc....  

BP has also become known for honorably assisting LE in breaking down child sex trafficking networks and willingly assisting in the apprehension of dozens of criminal pimps, abusers, and traffickers, and working directly with Orgs like Children of the Night to save lives and reduce harm, and so much more.... and Yes, - it also became a hotbed for more fakes, flakes, and ripoffs than anyone could count, and i am sure if they (BP) had ever had the idea or ability to do any verification of posters, maybe some of this would have been delayed or stopped....  

...But in the larger scheme of our society and now, once again, in the legislative dictation of "proper moral and ethical values", This is even more criminal. Insane. ill-conceived, and shallowly dictated for reasons so hypocritical and far from the reality of our lives and struggles that it literally begs to be questioned at every social and legislative level possible. This and other actions like this over time will place thousands more struggling and vulnerable people at even higher risk due to the removal of such prominent and well known venues.  

Just raging. Venting. Crying in sheer frustration. Disgusted. In shock. Breathless. Feeling exasperated, and wondering how in the world to help overcome yet another social and legislative obstacle to those of us (including myself at one time) that may have nothing more than their bodies and minds and a few dollars in their pockets to survive by, if they are lucky enough to even keep those basic items intact, and free of drugs, psychos, abusers, pimps, traffickers, abusive or cold-hearted LE, and worse.

wow. just wow.    

with deep sadness, and a burning hope for change of hearts and minds that in this society cannot come fast enough,

i am, most respectfully,

 
TheAngelaGirl

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80% of backpage ads where fake anyways, the fact that is gone does not affect me in any way. I have many regular clients plus always advertise on Eros, p411 and Ter

Color me guilty...I've used Eros and BP exclusively for finding the right (and often wrong) providers, and TER has strictly been for checking/giving reviews.  
So after reading this thread, I now learn that there are regional ads for providers...but not seeing any TS providers advertising. Am I missing something, am I in the wrong spot?  
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

in San Diego all the girls moved ads to dating, they did not loose a beat.