End Sex Trafficking

3 Generations has been committed to ending sex trafficking in the United States since 2013.

We have documented many stories of survivors. We form lasting relationships with our subjects and are committed to supporting them long after filming ends.

A short while ago, we got updates from two of the survivors we filmed. Danielle was one of our subjects in our feature film Tricked. We recently spoke to her and found that she is doing well and has just gotten a new job. She has been successful at rebuilding her life although she still sometimes has setbacks. Nik, the subject of our short film What About the Boys, is also doing well. He is a sex trafficking and LGBTQ activist. 

Nik spoke to us about his work doing outreach with sex workers. He has been noticing an increase in trans sex workers. This is troubling news. According to the the US Transgender Survey conducted in 2015, 19 percent of all trans people, and 47 percent of black trans women, have engaged in sex work.Bias against trans people, especially trans women of color, severely limits access to housing and employment for them. Also many have been rejected by their families and therefore lack a good support system. Poverty and homelessness causes the need for survival sex. The percentage of trans sex workers has no doubt increased in the past year with the extra economic hardships that came with the pandemic. 

We will keep you posted with more updates on this unsettling trend as we get some.

For more information about sex trafficking and all of our other work please visit our website, 3generations.org.

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3 Generations has been documenting stories of sex trafficking for more than 10 years. We have created many films and videos recording survivor’s testimony. We believe that sharing these accounts will better inform the public about the victims and their realities.

Most people believe that sex trafficking involves women and children being kidnapped off the street, smuggled across borders, and moved from place to place and that is rarely the case. The majority of women and children most vulnerable to sexual exploitation are those living in poverty and unstable conditions. Many have been sexually abused as children. Most of the children are known to child services and are in foster care. 

Data shows that traffickers target certain groups of people that don’t have support and the ability to get accountability or justice for themselves. It is far more likely that children know their exploiters and can even be related to them than to be kidnapped by a stranger. Focusing on kids being abducted or on a child trafficking cabal leads to a misunderstanding of the true problem and helps to perpetuate this cycle of abuse that fuels a billion dollar industry. Also when the victims don’t fit this model of innocent children from suburbia who are taken by some unknown, they are often considered by society and the justice system as criminals instead of victims. 

There are many in the field who are working to change these perceptions and advances have been made towards the treatment of survivors of sexual exploitation. Unfortunately now with the pandemic there are more people being put in vulnerable positions and the sex trafficking industry is thriving. We won’t know the full impact of it for years to come.

We invite you to visit our website for more updates on this and all of our issues.