Ginger Banks

Banks started webcamming in 2010 at the age of 19 while studying chemical engineering. Initially, Banks was ashamed to disclose her career and lied about her job; this contributed to her suffering from [[clinical depression|depression]].<ref name="Prowse-Gany 2018" /> She eventually quit school not wanting to deal with the reactions of her peers after she became popular.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Riley |first1=Kiera |last2=Banuelos |first2=Roxanne |title=An explicit promise - The Arizona State Press |url=https://www.statepress.com/article/2022/02/spmagazine-an-explicit-promise |work=www.statepress.com}}</ref> She became an advocate who speaks out about the damaging and discriminatory treatment that sex workers in the industry regularly face.<ref name="Prowse-Gany 2018" />

Banks started webcamming in 2010 at the age of 19 while studying chemical engineering. Initially, Banks was ashamed to disclose her career and lied about her job; this contributed to her suffering from [[clinical depression|depression]].<ref name="Prowse-Gany 2018" /> She eventually quit school not wanting to deal with the reactions of her peers after she became popular.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Riley |first1=Kiera |last2=Banuelos |first2=Roxanne |title=An explicit promise - The Arizona State Press |url=https://www.statepress.com/article/2022/02/spmagazine-an-explicit-promise |work=www.statepress.com}}</ref> She became an advocate who speaks out about the damaging and discriminatory treatment that sex workers in the industry regularly face.<ref name="Prowse-Gany 2018" />

In 2018, Banks alleged that [[John Stagliano]], the owner of Evil Angel, had groped her without her consent while directing a scene. In June 2020, Banks filed a police report against Stagliano over the alleged groping.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Gustavo |title=Evil Angel's 'Cam Girls' Controversy Reignites; Ginger Banks Files Police Report |url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/252721/evil-angels-cam-girls-controversy-reignites-ginger-banks-files-police-report |accessdate=13 June 2020 |publisher=[[XBIZ]] |date=June 12, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2018, Banks alleged that [[John Stagliano]], the owner of Evil Angel, had [[Groping|groped]] her without her consent while directing a scene. In June 2020, Banks filed a police report against Stagliano over the alleged groping.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Gustavo |title=Evil Angel's 'Cam Girls' Controversy Reignites; Ginger Banks Files Police Report |url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/252721/evil-angels-cam-girls-controversy-reignites-ginger-banks-files-police-report |accessdate=13 June 2020 |publisher=[[XBIZ]] |date=June 12, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

Banks was one of the targets of a harassment campaign against [[Pornographic film actor|pornography performers]] by an [[Instagram]] user. Instagram had disabled her account in November 2018, and the user took credit for her deactivation through reporting her and others for violating its community guidelines. Her account was reactivated months later, and Banks admitted censoring her postings due to her wariness at being deactivated again.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark-Flory |first1=Tracy |title=A Troll's Alleged Attempt to Purge Porn Performers from Instagram |url=https://jezebel.com/a-trolls-alleged-attempt-to-purge-porn-performers-from-1833940198 |accessdate=August 31, 2019 |work=[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]] |date=April 17, 2019}}</ref> She believes that removing sex workers from social media marginalizes them by removing their marketing channels.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fabbri |first1=Thomas |title=Instagram v porn stars: A battle over censorship? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-50222380 |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |accessdate=November 27, 2019 |date=November 24, 2019}}</ref>

Banks was one of the targets of a harassment campaign against [[Pornographic film actor|pornography performers]] by an [[Instagram]] user. Instagram had disabled her account in November 2018, and the user took credit for her deactivation through reporting her and others for violating its community guidelines. Her account was reactivated months later, and Banks admitted censoring her postings due to her wariness at being deactivated again.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark-Flory |first1=Tracy |title=A Troll's Alleged Attempt to Purge Porn Performers from Instagram |url=https://jezebel.com/a-trolls-alleged-attempt-to-purge-porn-performers-from-1833940198 |accessdate=August 31, 2019 |work=[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]] |date=April 17, 2019}}</ref> She believes that removing [[Sex worker|sex workers]] from social media marginalizes them by removing their marketing channels.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fabbri |first1=Thomas |title=Instagram v porn stars: A battle over censorship? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-50222380 |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |accessdate=November 27, 2019 |date=November 24, 2019}}</ref>

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