I really don't understand the issue surrounding sex workers. Having lived in Germany for some time, seeing the sex workers in the red light district comes as quite a surprise to your American eyes at first glance, but you get used to it. I do not know the intimate details involved with prostitution in Germany as far as government involvement, taxes, etc., but I do know that it is legal, and very expensive.

As far as what the GLBT community thinks about sex workers, I think that you have to look at what we think of sex in general. I feel that sex in our community is more up front. When we were younger and not as mentally sophisticated, what we did, or wanted to do, in bed was the only thing that defined us. Some of us are still caught up in this type of thinking. But later in life, I think that this gives us more nonchalant attitude when thinking about sex. For some reason straight people as a whole do not like talking about sex as much as gay men. Not that we're sex crazed maniacs, it just comes naturally to express ourselves in this way, and most importantly it is not looked down upon in our community to do it. I feel like it is hard for straight people to express themselves sexually because forces of conformity are stronger in straight relationships than in gay ones. As for others in the community I cannot speak for them because I know very few of them.