Sex Workers Rights Organizations

[peggygee]

United States
Sex Workers Rights Organizations

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Blackstockings: A sex workers' activism group in Seattle. Publishes a
newsletter, runs a support/discussion group for sex worker women, and
collates and disseminates information about local resources.
http://www.blackstockings-seattle.com/

Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics (COYOTE) with chapters in San Francisco,
Los Angeles and Boston. COYOTE was founded by Margo St. James in
1973 to work for the repeal of the prostitution laws and an end to the
stigma associated with sexual work.
http://www.walnet.org/csis/groups/coyote.html


Hooking Is Real Employment (HIRE) in Atlanta, Georgia founded by
Dolores French (author of Working).


Prostitutes' Education Network (PENet): a website based in San Francisco.
http://www.bayswan.org/penet.html


Prostitutes Of New York (PONY) is a support and advocacy group for all
people in the sex industry. We welcome all current or former sex
workers, including male, female or TS/TV prostitutes, erotic dancers,
nude models, X-rated actors, peep show performers, phone sex workers,
S&M/B&D professionals, strippers, madams, and so on.
http://www.walnet.org/csis/groups/pony.html

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Hook Online: Non-Profit Project For Men in the Sex Industry.
http://www.hookonline.org/

Exotic Dancer's Alliance, San Francisco: Because everyone deserves fair
working conditions, even Live! Nude! Girls!


Danzine: A Portland-based non-profit created by and for sex workers and
those who love us (don't we all?). We share the resources we need to
make informed personal and professional decisions.
http://www.danzine.org/

Meretrix Online: Sex work activism and erotic writing for discerning
adults.
http://www.realm-of-shade.com/meretrix/

Sex Workers Outreach Project USA — Sex Workers Outreach Project
(SWOP) focuses on safety, dignity, diversity and the changing needs of
sex industry workers, to foster an environment which enables and affirms
individual choices and occupational rights.
http://www.swop-usa.org/

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EscortSupport.com: Sex worker magazine meets Family Circle and Vanity
Fair,” explains Ms. Lisa, creator and publisher of Escortsupport.com. "Sex
worker veterans, like Annie Sprinkle, really dig the concept and have
contributed content. The support from everyone has been amazing."
http://www.escortsupport.com/

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Sex Workers Project — Mission is to advocate for sex workers, former
sex workers, and those who are profiled or at risk for engaging in sex
work, including victims of human trafficking, within a context of harm
reduction and human rights.
http://www.sexworkersproject.org/

The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC):
http://www.ntac.org/


Sex Work Allies & Advocates (U.S.)

North American Task Force on Prostitution (NTFP) coordinated by
researcher and prostitutes' rights advocate Priscilla Alexander in New
York. Founded in 1979 to act as an umbrella organization for prostitutes
and prostitutes' rights organizations in different parts of the United States.
In 1994, its scope was expanded to include other organizations and
individuals who support the rights of prostitutes and other sex workers.
http://www.walnet.org/csis/groups/ntfp.html


St. James Infirmary: We offer free, confidential, nonjudgmental medical
and social services for female, transgendered, and male sex workers.
We are the first occupational safety and health clinic for sex workers
anywhere run by and for sex workers!
http://www.stjamesinfirmary.org/

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Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS): The HIPS organization is
designed to end the cycle of abuse of sex workers on the streets, to work
with them to improve their lives, and to give them tools to pursue a self-
determined, independent, and productive way of living.
http://www.hips.org/



Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation: Health for the sex worker
in mind, body, emotion and spirit!
http://www.aim-med.org/

Sex Laws: A guide to U.S. and international laws. Nothing found in this
site should be taken as legal advice. If you want legal advice, find a
lawyer. The law books contain much more detail than has been included
in this site. Many cross references and important judicial decisions noted
in the books clarify the meaning of each law.

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Men's Guide to Escort Services: There are a lot of things they don't teach
you in school, and one of them is how to use an escort service. Somehow
society seems to think that men should just know how to do this.
http://sex.perkel.com/escort/index.htm

Whore Activist Network (WAN):
http://www.whoreact.net/

[whatsupwithat]

not much to say except...thank you, peggy.

and...

:claps

[peggygee]

not much to say except...thank you, peggy.

and...

:claps


Thank you, I hope that it
is helpful to someone.

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

Most impressive post Maggiegee. Those are all awesome links. I hope fellow sisters look into for their own protection. While I am not in the sex trade industry I advocate sex worker's protection and rights. ;)

~Kisses.

HTG

[peggygee]

Most impressive post Maggiegee. Those are all awesome links. I hope fellow sisters look into for their own protection. While I am not in the sex trade industry I advocate sex worker's protection and rights. ;)

~Kisses.

HTG

Thank you Hara.

I understand and support the choices a women makes
with her body.

However in making those choices, I trust that she is
fully armed with the knowledge to make an informed
choice. As the choices we make often have lifetime
ramifications.

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

I agree! :P

~Kisses.

HTG

[justatransgirl]

Yes - thanks for posting the links. I went to a number of them.

The main ones Coyote, Swoop, Hook I knew about but the problem with all of them is they are mostly ineffective shoe string affairs unable to do much besides post informative articles.

What is really needed is to bring everyone together under one umbrella and start a national rights campaign to protect sex workers and decriminalize prostitution.

The problem is I read a report someplace (forgot where so I can't confirm the figures) but it put the percentage of men who partonise workign girls at 16% of the overall population.

There is no funding available to these groups so no way for them to really advocate for those in the sex industry.

I read a report in our local GLBT newspaper where the Bush Administration is taking their religious fanatisim to attack legit porn.


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I don't have the answers. Just see the problems.

Hugs,
TS Jamie

[LG]

Good post peggy (as usual)

[peggygee]

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