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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Date Submitted: Sep 4, 2025
Date Accepted: Jan 2, 2026

The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Intersecting Sex Work and Substance Use Risk Among Sexual and Gender Minoritized Individuals Recruited Online in San Francisco, California: Survey Results

Arayasirikul S, Maycott J, Olivares A

Intersecting Sex Work and Substance Use Risk Among Sexual and Gender Minoritized Individuals Recruited Online in San Francisco, California: Survey Results

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2026;12:e83555

DOI: 10.2196/83555

PMID: 41672477

PMCID: 12936651

Intersecting Sex Work and Substance Use Risk among Sexual and Gender Minoritized Individuals Recruited Online in San Francisco, California: Survey Results

  • Sean Arayasirikul; 
  • Jarett Maycott; 
  • Angela Olivares

ABSTRACT

This research letter examines sexual and substance use associations with history of engagement in sex work in a sample of sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) individuals recruited online in San Francisco, CA. This study found that a history of sex work was prevalent and that people with a history of sex work were more likely to recently report using criminalized substances and experience domestic violence.


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Please cite as:

Arayasirikul S, Maycott J, Olivares A

Intersecting Sex Work and Substance Use Risk Among Sexual and Gender Minoritized Individuals Recruited Online in San Francisco, California: Survey Results

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2026;12:e83555

DOI: 10.2196/83555

PMID: 41672477

PMCID: 12936651

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