MEET CHRIS BATES

Independent Advisor & Advocate 

Consultant 

Impactful Speaker

Lived-Experience Expert 

Since 2018, Chris has been an independent consultant working on projects in Massachusetts and beyond, focused on homelessness, exchanging sex to meet needs, and stakeholder engagement related-issues

Chris has become a nationally recognized survivor speaker on the issue of males that exchange sex to meet their needs

“I am a male survivor. As a kid growing up, I wanted to become a doctor, an architect, or engineer. I never once woke up and had aspirations to sell my body.”

-Chris Bates to Truckers against Trafficking

From strategic planning to innovative solutions, the focus is always on improving the quality of care for vulnerable and marginalized people.