Cyber-Dyke by Roxxie

“Sex workers go to work, come home, take care of their children — just like everybody else,” reads the poster on Muni. Below the quote is a portrait of a smiling woman with a tagline reading: “Someone you know is a sex worker.”

This poster is one of many included in St. James Infirmary’s new media campaign promoting the rights of local sex workers. A collaboration between St. James Infirmary (a San Francisco peer-based organization offering free medical and social services to sex workers) and artists Rachel Schreiber and Barbara DeGenevieve, the campaign features portraits of sex workers and supporters — spouses, partners, family members and health care professionals — putting faces to the people who work in the industry…