![Ele and Lee lie facing each other. The two don’t prioritise official marriage, although they do see themselves in a long-term partnership, and imagine a life together outside of Singapore. They do not consider gender roles important in their relationship, which they see as egalitarian. 2018.](https://warholfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/09-760x570.jpg)
This exhibition explores the history of queer sex work culture, and its intimate ties to art and activism. Coined by bisexual activist, Carol Leigh, aka. The Scarlot Harlot in 1978, ‘sex work’ is broadly defined as exchanging sex or erotic services for gain and connotes personal agency and politicized action. More than a portrait of life at the margins, what emerges in this exhibit is a demonstration of queer and transgender sex workers’ deep community building, creative organizing, self-empowerment, identity/desire affirmation and healing and the use of pornography as a deft tool for queer and trans liberation.