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Content warning: This lecture includes words and language that have historically, and still today, been used as terms of abuse, including homophobic, transphobic, whorephobic, and misogynistic slurs. These appear on some slides for academic and illustrative purposes.

This talk was given by Dr Max Morris on 14 November 2025 to celebrate the publication of 'Not Sex Work' - an exploration of the parallel histories and intersecting politics of LGBTQ+ people and sex workers.

Drawing on the first empirical study with gay, bisexual, and queer young men who agreed to sell sex online without advertising or identifying as sex workers, 'Not Sex Work' examines what the term “incidental sex work” really means.

Adopting queer methods and feminist theories, it looks at how definitions of “sex” and “work” have become increasingly unstable in the digital era - and how casual, occasional forms of sex work take shape across platforms like Grindr and OnlyFans.

Dr Max Morris is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology at the School of Law and Social Sciences at Oxford Brookes University.

Their research interests include the criminalisation of HIV, declining homophobia in educational settings, media representations of gender and sexual minorities, and incidental sex work in the digital age. They draw on creative methods and queer theory to understand the role of law and society in constructing identities.

This event was held in collaboration with the Oxford Sociology Network and the Centre for Law, Criminology and Social Justice Research.