Mr Cox said the toughest thing about the job is that it's illegal throughout most of the world. But since I've started helping others through SWOP, my mother has come around.'
'It's not the choice parents want their children to make. 'I had always wanted to be lawyer - I was supposed to be a judge. 'I remember the look on my mother's face when I told her - she had a bit of a fit,' the former law student said. He said he first encountered stigma when he told his parents of his decision to become a sex worker. Mr Cox now campaigns to end societal stigma against sex workers and is fighting for the profession to be legalised in more countries. 'It's great to see a client arrive grumpy after a stressful day and walk out with a big smile. In a way, what we do is a kind of therapy.' Kings Cross (pictured here in 1970) was once the prostitution capital of the southern hemisphere
