Margaret Cho once again opened up about her sexuality.
This time she did it in a series of revealing tweets on Twitter talking about her life as a sex worker and how those in the industry should be both protected and respected.
I stand for women of color because I am one. I stand for sex workers because I was one. Who the fuck are you?
— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) October 30, 2015
This is the second major acknowledgement about her past in recent months. Just last month she told the world she had been raped as a child and talked about how she overcame that trauma.
She touched on that part of her life again yesterday.
I have way more PTSD from rape. That's real. Sex work was just a good way to make money. At least for me then. https://t.co/bPP2MRB911
— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) October 29, 2015
In her tweets, Cho said she’s proud of what she’s done in the past and said she was not being exploited. Her work was her choice.
Comedian @margaretcho opens about #sexwork & isn't ashamed of it, b/c why would she be? https://t.co/FjxExZz0UW pic.twitter.com/7zHdAeuurE
— PACE Society (@PaceSociety) October 30, 2015
I chose to do it. I'm not ashamed of it and I don't expect praise for my choices. Just know that your biases hurt. X https://t.co/IgepsJUoBw
— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) October 30, 2015
I'm not offering sex work. I'm simply stating I've done it. It's hard labor and deserves dignity and DIVINITY #fucku https://t.co/gIXR7iNlyt
— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) October 30, 2015
Yes I'll do all I can. It's so important that sex workers are protected. But I want us WORSHIPPED. We do holy work. https://t.co/hBc7gbYRIU
— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) October 30, 2015
It's hard work that's not protected by law enforcement or unions. It's unfair. We have the right to our bodies +work https://t.co/wcvQm07spI
— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) October 30, 2015
I am the HOLY WHORE
— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) October 29, 2015
It's true. We're way more powerless as kids. I found my strength as a sex worker and gained a lot of power as I grew https://t.co/CsETIS4BUn
— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) October 29, 2015
XOXOXOXO no shame in my game XOXOXOXO https://t.co/zsy5X9VRtH
— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) October 29, 2015
I support sex workers because I was one and I know that it's a job that's needlessly shunned by society when frankly we should be worshipped
— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) October 29, 2015
RE: Margaret Cho reveals her life as a sex worker: I admire Ms. Cho for putting out information about her previous roles in life she has had. I admire her for her gutsiness of saying that’s what she chose to do in her previous life, and I admire her for being all that she wanted to be in a previous life. What I don’t admire about Ms. Cho is her ability to stifle another opinion about her different roles in a previous life. It is very difficult sometimes, I know for me to render an opinion when someone, like Ms. Cho comes back at you full force; I mean, after all, it’s just an exchange of words and therefore no need to try to jump higher than anyone else. If Ms. Cho chose to be a sex worker, then by all means that is her choice. But if Ms. Cho wants to put that information out to the public, then she must expect to get opinions back…ones that she might necessarily not agree with. Which brings me to my point that if you want to write about anything you’ve experienced, are going to experience; what you’ve seen or plan to see; what you ate, or plan to eat; what you’ve heard and plan to hear; what you smelled or plan to smell then the public has the right to write their opinion on what you’ve done or plan in the future to do. I don’t necessarily agree with everything Ms. Cho said, but I will defend her right to put it out there. And as for cussin’ well I’m not one for cussin’ and I sure hope Ms. Cho can contain that part of her because again, it doesn’t want to make people respond when you’re being cussed at! But, then again that’s my opinion. So at the end of all this a rose is still a rose, and Ms. Cho is still Ms. Cho….and I, well I will continue to respond to other people’s opinions and hope I don’t get bashed for mine in the process.