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The Free Speech Coalition is a non-profit trade association whose mission is to protect the rights and freedoms of the adult industry.
Hookers’ Army
Hookers’ Army Los Angeles aims to provide real-world, self-defense training for sex workers.
The Sidewalk Project is a project based arts organization that exists to create community and wellness for those who live outdoors.
Strippers United are a diverse and inclusive community of empowered strippers who share an uncompromised vision for our rights, our vital role in society and our dignity as professionals.
SWOP LA is the Los Angeles Chapter of the Sex Workers’ Outreach Project. SWOP LA is currently operating an emergency relief fund for sex workers in Los Angeles.
GENERAL SUPPORT
G.L.I.T.S. approaches the health and rights crises faced by transgender sex workers holistically using harm reduction, human rights principles, economic and social justice, along with a commitment to empowerment and pride in finding solutions from our own community.
Red Canary Song is a grassroots collective of Asian migrant sex workers, organizing transnationally. Red Canary Song provides mutual aid support to Asian migrant worker communities in Queens.
The Sex Workers Project provides client-centered legal and social services to individuals who engage in sex work, regardless of whether they do so by choice, circumstance, or coercion.
SWOP Bronx is a black trans-led organization for black trans sex workers in need of support with getting help.
SWOP Brooklyn is an organization dedicated to the community care and mutual aid of sex workers in Brooklyn.
COVID-19 SUPPORT
A peer-led organization supporting and advocating for sex workers in New York. In response to the COVID19 pandemic SWOP BK has launched a campaign to provide monetary aid to sex workers in the New York City Area who are in critical need of aid.
Mutual aid fund for Black folks with special attention to sex workers and migrant workers.
Our model integrates four core strategies for concrete change that millions of families feel every day: Legal and Survival Services to tackle discrimination, abuse and poverty; Transformative Education to develop community members’ abilities to lead our organization, our movement, and society; community Organizing to transform the systems and power structures impacting our communities; and Policy Innovation to rewrite unjust rules and make our democracy truly accountable to all of us.
GENERAL SUPPORT
The BIPOC Adult Industry Collective is a resource for education and support services to make the adult entertainment industry a safe space for everyone who chooses this labor.
A philanthropic arts project seeking to amplify the voices of Black Sex Workers by addressing their needs through peer support, legal assistance, housing and other basic needs assessment. Creating safe spaces where the unique experiences and needs of current and former Black Sex Worker voices are validated and responded with appropriate needs based resources.
Black Trans* Media is committed to building the power of black trans people, and trans/communities of color. Projects and collaborations work to connect black trans people to each other, as well as the larger public, and to sustainable opportunities to build, showcase, heal, and celebrate.
An online based SW activist cooperative and emergency fund to support marginalized workers in crisis.
The Outlaws Project is launching this emergency relief fund to support trans women and sex workers impacted by the coronavirus outbreak with a focus on the Southwest.
Building radical community for Sex Workers in Chi & NYC.
"We are a Tucson-based sex worker collective focused on collecting and distributing emergency funds for the purpose of providing financial assistance to marginalized members of our local community."
BAWS is a a peer-led, sex worker resource organization. We work for the health, safety, and livelihoods of people in the sex trade. In the face of criminalization, stigma, and inadequate resources, BAWS organizes our community power to provide material resources, information, advocacy, and support. We are building up our community capacity, increasing our social support, making local partnerships, and bolstering our community care structures in order to bring strength, justice, and love to our communities.
Collecting donations to ensure that sex workers of all genders continue to have acces to quality, non-judgemental care as well as build advocacy programs to center those most marginalized within the community.
The Colorado Entertainer Coalition (C.E.C) is a sex worker run grassroots organization that works to build community and provide educational resources for sex workers.
phone: 720.383.7017
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email: Sofia@SofiaKentTherapy.com
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instagram: @_ThePoleTherapist_
Sofia Kent of Sofia Kent Therapy is a POC psychotherapist that provides a safe space for SWs in need of therapy in the Denver area! She is a pole dancer/instructor and ally of the SW community. Sofia honors the intersections of identities that all SWs have and acknowledges how multiple marginalized identities make it more difficult to move through dominant spaces.
phone: 720.383.7017
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email: Sofia@SofiaKentTherapy.com
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instagram: @_ThePoleTherapist_
#DecrimNow is a group of directly impacted individuals, community members, organizers, and accomplices who are committed to the well-being of sex workers and people profiled as sex workers
SWOP Tampa Bay is the local chapter for the national Sex Workers Outreach Project, a social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of sex workers and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy.”
Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative, a Black trans led organization dedicated to building a Black Trans Futurist framework for practical abolition, is launching a fundraising campaign #BlackTransandSeen for Trans Day of Visibility. This campaign is specifically a fundraiser to support our Taking Care of Our Own Fund, where we are specifically requesting financial support for SNaPBack Kits to support Black trans sex workers. We are invested in visibilizing AND humanizing Black trans folks at all intersections. That's why we are committed to getting survival kits to Black trans sex workers in Atlanta for Trans Day of Visibility.
BARE NOLA is a stripper-led group in New Orleans advocating for the safety, civil and labor rights of strippers and sex workers. We emphasize community healing and advocacy using a harm reduction approach.
Whose Corner Is It Anyway is a Western MA mutual aid, harm reduction, political education, and organizing group led by stimulant and opioid using low-income, survival, or street-based sex workers. All members are current or former low income sex workers. All members either use/have used stimulants and/or opioids, are/have been homeless, or work/ have worked outside. We low-income sex workers have created a regular community and organizing meeting for ourselves--a haven.
SWOP Boston is the Boston chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project. Policital activist group of sex workers advocating for human rights and providing community for sex workers.
Baltimore Safe Haven is an organization that supports low-income transgender people in the Baltimore area.
LVSWC is a sex worker-led grassroots collective representing, supporting, and organizing people selling sex across all facets of the industry and groups of the trade.
We are a team of two sex workers, Indigenous and Latinx, and Black and Indigenous. With a combined 8 years in Social Work and community outreach and 9 years in the industry, we use an equity adjusted and harm reduction based model to direct funds in a way that is compassionate, anti-elitist, and conscious of the barriers faced by folks with intersecting identities when accessing aid.
The Austin chapter of the Sex Worker’s Outreach Project is an autonomous grassroots social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of sex workers and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education, community building, and advocacy. SWOP Austin is currently running a mutual aid fund for Austin sex workers.
For individuals in need of relief assistance: GLPsani@protonmail.com
This fund is raising money to support sex workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Seattle and the surrounding areas. Asking for donations and help from allies, clients, organizations, and workers not impacted by the pandemic to care for the community during this uncertain time. Prioritizing the needs of street based workers, trans, POC, and immuno-compromised workers. Funds to be used to purchase medications, sanitation supplies, toiletries, as well as provide cash support for bills and rent.
For individuals in need of relief assistance: GLPsani@protonmail.com
Hygiene Hustle is a sex worker-owned co-op manufacturing hand sanitizer and other hygiene products. They are 100% sex worker-owned and majority sex worker-employed.
We are a BIPOC- led chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project, called POC-SWOP. POC-SWOP is a response to the lack of support for (specifically black) and other POC sex workers in the Seattle area.
COVID-19 SUPPORT
BAWS is currently running a COVID-19 emergency grant fund for Bay Area sex workers in need.
#DecrimNow has partnered with HIPS to coordinate a mutual aid fund for Washington DC sex workers.
NJNP is a collective of organizers and activists from across the District of Columbia. Specifically offering assistance to sex workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
SWOP Tampa Bay is the local chapter for the national Sex Workers Outreach Project, a social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of sex workers and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy.
A collective of sex workers and accomplices invested in mutual aid harm reduction in the Bloomington, IN area. Distributing COVID relief through donations accepted via included Paypal link (mini grants between $10 and $100).
A collective of sex workers and accomplices invested in mutual aid harm reduction in the Bloomington, IN area. Distributing COVID relief through donations accepted via included Paypal link (mini grants between $10 and $100).
[LA] BARE NOLA BARE NOLA is a stripper-led group in New Orleans advocating for the safety, civil and labor rights of strippers and sex workers. They are currently running a mutual aid fund for New Orleans sex workers.
SWOP Boston is currently coordinating a mutual aid fund with MASSWAN
Baltimore Safe Haven is currently coordinating a mutual aid fund for street-based sex workers.
The Detroit Sex Worker Mutual Aid Fund is a community support fund that offers emergency financial assistance to local sex workers. Originally serving the Detroit area, we opened up the fund to the state of Michigan after the Covid19 crisis began. Partnering with ANSWER and sponsored by Rad Care , DSWMA disburses emergency relief micro grants to struggling sex workers. Grant amounts range from $50-$200, and repeat requests are allowed, with the total amount of funds an individual can receive in a single year being capped at $500.
The Detroit Sex Worker Mutual Aid Fund is a community support fund that offers emergency financial assistance to local sex workers. Originally serving the Detroit area, we opened up the fund to the state of Michigan after the Covid19 crisis began. Partnering with ANSWER and sponsored by Rad Care , DSWMA disburses emergency relief micro grants to struggling sex workers. Grant amounts range from $50-$200, and repeat requests are allowed, with the total amount of funds an individual can receive in a single year being capped at $500.
Relief for sex workers experiencing serious, if not complete loss of income due to COVID-19. Funds received will be distributed to most vulnerable community members first—those who are BIPOC, queer/trans, have dependents, or are immunocompromised.
Mutual aid fund distributing relief to Sex Workers in the Portland metro area who are most marginalized by systemic oppression in the industry and most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pittsburgh Mutual Aid is a collective of organizers and individuals who are coming together to assist the community during the COVID-19 crisis through providing economic relief. This fund aims to deliver at least $5k a week to those in Pittsburgh in need because of lost income due to the COVID-19 crisis. Distributing $250 or less.
Pittsburgh Mutual Aid is a collective of organizers and individuals who are coming together to assist the community during the COVID-19 crisis through providing economic relief. This fund aims to deliver at least $5k a week to those in Pittsburgh in need because of lost income due to the COVID-19 crisis. Distributing $250 or less.
Funds raised will be used to support local sex workers affected by COVID-19.
COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) RI is a grassroots organization focusing on harm reduction, legal reform, and public education, led by sex workers, former sex workers, survivors of state violence and/or trafficking, and community allies.
Funds raised will be used to support local sex workers affected by COVID-19.
Hygiene Hustle is a sex worker-owned co-op manufacturing hand sanitizer and other hygiene products. They are 100% sex worker-owned and majority sex worker-employed.
We are a BIPOC- led chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project, called POC-SWOP. POC-SWOP is a response to the lack of support for (specifically black) and other POC sex workers in the Seattle area.
GENERAL SUPPORT
Mission: To strengthen and ensure the sustainability of the global sex workers’ rights movement by catalysing new funding specifically for sex worker-led organisations and national and regional (international) networks. Contact: Maik Mirkovic
NSWP is a membership organisation. Our members are local, national or regional sex worker-led organisations and networks across five regions: Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America and the Caribbean.
The Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) exists to uphold the voice of sex workers globally and connect regional networks advocating for the rights of female, male, and transgender sex workers.
NSWP is a membership organisation. Our members are local, national or regional sex worker-led organisations and networks across five regions: Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America and the Caribbean.
International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (ICRSE) is a network of sex worker organisations and their allies that work together to support the development of national and international law, policy and practice, which respects and upholds the human and labour rights of sex workers throughout Europe and Central Asia.
The Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN) is a sex worker-led regional network in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia that advocates for the human rights of female, male and transgender sex workers. SWAN was founded in 2006 and was officially registered as the SWAN Foundation in January of 2012.
The African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) is the Pan African alliance of sex worker-led organizations. ASWA was formed in 2009 with an initial membership drawn from 10 African countries. As of 2018, ASWA has members from 32 African countries. In the years since its formation, ASWA has increased in its reach and its influence across Africa and around the world.
A regional platform for Latin America that develops leadership and advocacy for the defense and promotion of our human rights as sex workers (TS), women, men and transgender people, including people living with HIV, migrants and drug users; through the strengthening of national and local TS organizations, association with strategic allies, mobilization and activism.
APNSW was established by sex workers in 1994 at the International AIDS Conference held in Yokohama, Japan. Over the years, APNSW has successfully reached out to sex workers in over 22 countries, and supported the establishment of new sex worker groups, fostered solidarity between groups, established partnerships with other networks, and formalized itself into a registered organization. The network management is sex worker led, and membership consists primarily of sex worker led organisations. Some civil society organisations who provide rights-based services to sex workers and endorse APNSW’s vision, mission, goals and core values are also members
Butterfly was formed by sex workers, social workers, legal and health professionals. It provides support to, and advocates for, the rights of Asian and migrant sex workers. The organization is founded upon the belief that sex workers are entitled to respect and basic human rights. Butterfly asserts that, regardless of their immigration status, Asian and migrant sex workers should be treated like all other workers.
GSWC’s core services include “counseling and testing for sexually transmitted infections, support group meetings, training and capacity building for sex workers” along with “sensitization and empowerment sessions for law enforcement officers, health care providers and operators of establishments that cater exclusively to sex work.” As the coalition states, “These sensitization sessions are aimed at strengthening the stakeholders’ capacity so that they can dispense their services in a non-judgmental, safe and enabling manner, free from discrimination.”
Mission: To strengthen and ensure the sustainability of the global sex workers’ rights movement by catalysing new funding specifically for sex worker-led organisations and national and regional (international) networks. Contact: Maik Mirkovic
Centering masc of center sex worker communities. Providing COVID-19 relief/accepting donations via Paypal.
Relief fund centering migrant sex workers.
A fund to specifically serve trans women and trans femmes who are Black, Indigenous, and/or people of colour, particularly those engaged in sex economies - regardless of geographic location.
Relief fundraising, public awareness, advocacy for Argentinian sex workers. Focusing on providing cleaning supplies, food, and hygiene items. Accepting donations through Paypal.
Provides emergency relief for sex workers in Australia who do not meet eligibility criteria for government or other financial support or unable to meet government requirements. 100% of donations go to sex workers.
Relief for Austrian sex workers. Working alongside the International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (ICRSE)
Relief funds prioritizing undocumented or migrant workers, isolated individuals with dependents, and those with no other income or possible governmental assistance.
Working to provide food and rent assistance to sex workers in Bangladesh.
This Fund will distribute critical financial relief to sex workers in Metro Vancouver based on need and social marginalization. Applications for funding will be reviewed on a confidential basis by a committee made up of fellow sex workers.
Contact for information regarding emergency relief.
Relief funds for trans sex workers in Bogota.
Relief funds for sex workers in Ecuador.
Funds for sex workers affected by the pandemic.
Pooled funds organized to pay financial assistance to anyone engaged in sex work in France.
Founded initially as a resource for trans individuals in Paris to fight against all forms of exclusion, and discrimination of any kind linked to gender identity and expression. Now facilitating emergency funds for trans sex workers.
Priority given to people on the LGBTQIA+. spectrum, womxn, sex workers and other marginalized folx (i.e. BIPoC).
Emergency relief fund for people of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum & womxn living in Berlin, Germany who are affected by the outbreak and shutdown caused by Covid-19.
Priority given to people on the LGBTQIA+. spectrum, womxn, sex workers and other marginalized folx (i.e. BIPoC).
Food and other resources for trans sex workers.
Twinkle Paul and Ceyenne Doroshow are raising funds to provide needed services to Trans SWs in Guyana including food, safety supplies and rental assistance.
Human rights organization supporting those in the LGBTQIA+ community, sex workers, and those living with HIV. Raising funds to support such communities during the pandemic.
Funds raised go directly into the hands of sex workers through individual emergency payments.
Providing food kits for sex workers affected by COVID-19.
Donation collection closed on linked page, however still distributing funds and collecting money via transfer as of 26 May.
Financial support for sex workers in Mexico.
All donations go to sex workers in the Netherlands who depend on short-term income and are now in immediate financial need.
All donations go to sex workers in the Netherlands who depend on short-term income and are now in immediate financial need.
Contact for information regarding emergency relief.
Funds collected will go to sex workers who need assistance due to the pandemic.
Emergency fund for sex workers affected by COVID-19. Also offers resources on safer practices/additional support programs.
Raising funds to cover rent, food, etc., for sex workers in Spain affected by COVID-19.
SWEAT's mission is to support sex workers to access health and human rights in a criminalized system, while at the same time advocating for the decriminalization of sex work in the country.
Working to uphold a community that offers support for all kinds of sex workers in Sweden, and to raise the awareness on sex workers rights and the negative impacts from the current set of laws. A grass roots organisation fighting for rights to self-determination, justice, safety and human rights.
Helping cover necessities while the industry is impacted by the pandemic.
SWARM is a collective founded and led by sex workers who believe in self-determination, solidarity, and co-operation.