The best Cityxguide / Backpage Alternatives that escorts, like me, actually use!

n 2018, the U.S department of justice seized and shutdown Backpage.com, as well as it's affiliates. In an instant, thousands of escorts, massage therapists, and BDSM providers had no way of finding clients. Since the shut down, a large array of "backpage alternatives" have popped up across the globe, some reliable and some not. We're here to put these so-called alternatives to rest, so you can find workers without the hassle of trawling through scams and fake ads. We came up with the list below by consulting sex worker peer groups as well as sex workers on Switter (RIP) and Twitter to understand where they actually post ads. We have not received payment for listing any of the sites below. We want to help both clients and workers find ad platforms which are reputable, reliable and work for them. We've also added a few links to a handful of other adult blogs who have created their own recommendation lists. 

Want to fight back against this type of censorship?

Unfortunately for sex workers, clients of sex workers and marginalised people globally censorship and discrimination has only worsened since 2018. You can find out more about online censorship for sex workers in this article. While politicians and anti sex/choice groups are hellbent on erasing sexual expression from the internet, it is important to remember there are easy ways you can fight back including:

• Understand that decriminalisation, not legalisation is what sex workers want. Hundreds of researchers and scientists also advocate for the decriminalisation of sex work as the most effective way to reduce violence against sex workers and victims of exploitation. Legalisation, such as the nordic model, the swedish model and the entrapment model, has only been found to increase harm against not just sex workers but their clients as well.
• Understand the difference between human trafficking and sex work and countering misinformation such as that which lead to the seizure of Backpage.
• Advocate for the decriminalisation and destigmatisation of sex work, sex workers and their clients. Hold politicians to account when they pass harmful legislation. Call your friends out when they use stigmatising slurs like the P word. Counter misinformation about sex work and sex workers online.