‘Dominick’ is a founding participant of ‘Reading for Filth’, a monthly series founded by the late Dean Johnson. At the inaugural reading, Dominick came out about his 3-year stint as a full-time sex worker. In subsequent appearances, he’s honed his confessional voice, drawing on his sex worker diaries and correspondence to delve into a range of topics- his youth as a kept boy, his evolving persona as dominant guido-for-hire, the digital transformation of the sex industry, ass health- and of course, the johns, in all their splendor. Since retiring from sex work, Dominick walks among civilians in NYC’s real estate industry- where the art of the sell is supreme.

Spending over a decade in New York City has been far from mundane for Randi Newton.
Moving to Manhattan from Omaha, Nebraska- in 1998 to pursue an acting career. Newton started by working as a live-in nanny, to trading up for a position at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, to managing for a for a prestigious liquor company, being laid off and eventually wandering into a gentlemen’s club where a year long waitressing position, turned into a stripping stint that parlayed into opening surprising media appearances and writing opportunities. Featured as the cover story, April 2009, of the Sunday New York Post about women stripping in times of an economic crisis, Newton has also appeared internationally to speak about the recession and the gentlemen’s club industry. In addition she has been featured in Radar Magazine, Penthouse Magazine (fully dressed) and such television programs such as; Inside Edition, The Insider, The TODAY Show, CBS This Morning, Entertainment Tonight. She’s also appeared as a panelist multiple times on FOX News The Strategy Room, and appeared on The Gayle King Show/Oprah Radio, and went face to face with Bill O’Reilly on the controversial “The O’Reilly Factor”. Newton has also appeared in such television programs such as various appearances on “Howard TV On Demand”, “The Sopranos”, “Nip/Tuck”, and films, “Mona Lisa Smile”, “Sean Lennon’s Friendly Fire”, and most recently the Darby Crash biopic, “What We Do is Secret”.
In addition, Randi is a columnist for one of the most respected trade publications in the adult nightclub industry, “Exotic Dancer Magazine”. She attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha, on a scholarship provided from the Miss America Organization, and has more recently studied at The New School in New York City, The Groundlings in Los Angeles, and Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City. She spends her spare time, reading, writing, playing poker, and enjoys karaoke. She is currently working on her second memoir and working at Rick’s Cabaret’s flagship location in New York City. Newton resides between New York and Los Angeles.

Stephen Boyer will forever be in his early twenties fucking and getting fucked under the alias Dorian or Dorian Slay. Since the years are quickly stumbling away from his point of entry, Stephen has devoted his energies to writing, painting and performance. His work has been published by 2nd Floor Projects (San Francisco); Marjorie Wood Gallery (San Francisco); TRY zine; in the anthologies “Cool Thing: The Best New Gay Fiction from Young American Writers” and “Madder Love: Queer Men and the Precincts of Surrealism”; and a collection of poetry entitled “Ghosts” by Bent Boy Books came out this past January 1st, 2010. He has also shown work at Poet’s Theater, and has been involved in many a friends performance. Currently he is wrapping up a novel, producing a play and has an art show June 5th-6th between 12-7pm as part of the Bushwick Arts Festival with his friend Kevin Sheneberger at 301 Grove St. Brooklyn, New York. And check out his website www.minorprogression.com

Mariko Passion, Educated Whore and Urban Geisha ;is a performance artist | activist | educator | whore revolutionary. She sings and rhymes her experiences and reality over beats and produces auto-documentary videos. She educates the community and fights for social justice issues related to sex workers rights in LA, across the U.S and the world. She has performed at the International AIDS conference Global Village stage in Mexico City, a conference that drew 20,000.

http://www.wakingvixen.com/2010/06/02/sex-worker-culture-nyc-and-vegas/

Alex Kinney is an old whore who has prostituted himself in the Ivy League, America’s regional theaters, in the Golden Hills of Hollywood, one cold Christmas in Dublin, and more lengthily, the South of the Slot in San Francisco. Yes, Virginia, there really was a Golden Age of sexuality in San Francisco, and some of us were even getting paid for it. Actually, a LOT of us were getting paid for it. Alex’s most recent play, Holy Hell, was developed at The Actors Studio.

Tyler Knight writes short stories and poetry largely rooted in the worlds of adult film, corporate finance and the Fellini-esque characters that occupy them. He’s recently completed an autobiographical short story collection, and a semi-biographical novel.
Since he began writing in 2009, his short stories have been published in several literary magazines including Thieves Jargon, Sex and Murder, and Thirst For Fire. In January 2010, London based publisher Ronin Press published his first chapbook. Tyler also writes a monthly column for For The Girls magazine.
He lives in Los Angeles with his girlfriend, parrot and turtles.

Mistress Astrid has been a professional dominatrix and lifestyle player for four years. She is also a proud member of the Leather Family of La Domaine Esemar, the oldest s&m training studio in the country. She has written for $pread Magazine as well the The Indypendent. She has worked as an event emcee, a fetish performer, a nude model and a BDSM educator. She is currently working on her Masters with a focus in Human Sexuality. She hopes to one day complete a dissertation on the female professional dominatrix, as it relates to women’s historical narratives.

Writer and photographer Craig Seymour is the author of the memoir, “All I Could Bare : My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C.” and the photo book “American Boys : A Strip Club Diary“. He is a former stripper and has been chronicling gay strip clubs for more than a decade. He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Maryland in College Park, and is Associate Professor of Journalism at Northern Illinois University.

Jodi Sh. Doff, aka Scarlett Fever, has written for BUST, Penthouse, Playgirl, Tear, Cosmopolitan; been included in Best American Erotica ‘95, Bearing Life, Between the Sheets & The Bust Guide to a New Girl Order. She’s one of the Three Naked Ladies, a weekly online series taking a behind the scenes peek at stripping then & now. There’s a memoir of her ten years in pre-Disney Times Square topless business in the works.

Alex Kinney is an old whore who has prostituted himself in the Ivy League, America’s regional theaters, in the Golden Hills of Hollywood, one cold Christmas in Dublin, and more lengthily, the South of the Slot in San Francisco. Yes, Virginia, there really was a Golden Age of sexuality in San Francisco, and some of us were even getting paid for it. Actually, a LOT of us were getting paid for it, right, David?? The stuff you get me into, jeez…. Alex’s most recent play, Holy Hell, was developed at The Actors Studio. Tonight he’s doing a story from a collection in Manhattan’s Midtown West, “Helmut the Maid”.

Nica Noelle is an adult film actress, writer and director. She conceptualized and created Sweetheart Video and Sweet Sinner Films with Jon Blitt of Mile High Media, and was recently hailed by Nightline ABC as the top female adult film director. Nica has been a published writer for many years, and her work has appeared in numerous national magazines and websites. Aside from her continuing work in adult films, Nica is also an avid science and nature writer, and she is currently writing a book about urban wildlife and the relationship between humans and backyard animals.

Matthew Lawrence is a blogger, curator, and pop music enthusiast who lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island, where indoor prostitution was totally legal until last month.

Reverend Jen is a performer, painter, playwright, columnist, Troll Museum Curator, underground movie star, open mike host, ASS Magazine founder and elf. She is a columnist for www.artnet.com and a former sex columnist for http://www.nerve.com. Her books include Live Nude Elf: the Sexperiments of Reverend Jen, Sex Symbol for the Insane, Reverend Jen’s Really Cool Neighborhood and a number of handmade books that can be found in collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the MoMA Library and the Warhol Museum.

Twisted Monk is dubbed “a unicorn” by his friends, because he is so many things that aren’t supposed to exist.