Courtney Casgraux wants to ‘reclaim her sexuality’

Courtney Casgraux, a Democrat running for Congress, is turning a potentially damaging revelation about her past into a platform for empowerment and criticism of the current political landscape.

The 41-year-old, who is running to represent Oregon’s 1st Congressional District, was previously a dominatrix in Manhattan and earned approximately $500 an hour, the New York Post reported. reported. Earlier this year a video of her working in a BDSM dungeon when she was in her 20s and 30s was leaked online. She was initially distraught after the videos were leaked.

“[I was] I just panicked… Then I thought, ‘Who did this?’ and I started calling all the people I knew from my past… I was like hyperventilating, crying,” he said, according to the New York Post.

Despite the shock and the inability to discover who leaked the video, decided to face the situation head on. He candidate She perceives the leak as an attempt to shame her, but she refuses to be shamed by a past that she believes helped shape her current life. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Democratic candidate claimed assisted suicide could be “appropriate and ethical” for terminally ill children)

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“To be ashamed of something that helped create the life I have today where I have opportunities. . . It made me very angry. Because it felt like an attack on women, not just me,” Casgraux said.

The California native returned to bdsm industry during the COVID-19 pandemic and worked at Donatella’s Dungeon in Manhattan, the New York Post reported.

in a separate interview On Fox News Digital, Casgraux expressed his discontent with the current Democratic leadership at the federal level, particularly criticizing President Biden. She believes the party lacks “strong leadership” and has compromised national interests.

“Unfortunately, we live in a nation where there may be sex buyers in Congress, but not sex workers,” he said, according to Fox News Digital.