We strongly believe that having the ability to make decisions about our bodies and sexual lives is a fundamental human right. It has been around for as long as human society has existed. But alongside sex work, even in our modern world, is a deep tradition of oppression.
At Tryst, we believe strongly that sex workers deserve safety and protection, that sex work itself needs to be decriminalised and that sex workers need strong representation in spheres of power. We also recognise that LGBTIQA+ communities, disabled communities and communities of colour are disproportionately represented in vulnerable sex work arenas. It is absolutely vital, that as a business for and by sex workers, that we participate in the fight to keep sex workers safe.
We’ve put together this resource section on Tryst, to help shine light on important organisations who are on the front line in the fight for sex workers rights. We hope this will lead to further solidarity between sex workers and the public.
- Sex Worker Advocacy Groups
- The censorship and surveillance of Sex Workers
- Banking discrimination against Sex Workers
- Sex work and LGBTQIA+ rights
- Sex work and Black Liberation
- Sex work and Disability Rights
- Sex work and Migration
- Sex Work and Motherhood
- Sex Work and Feminism
- Sex Work and Labour trafficking in the sex industry
- Sex Work and Labour rights
- Books on Sex Work
- Websites and digital magazines on Sex Work
- Podcasts on Sex Work
- How to help sex workers
- Sex positive CSA and anti trafficking Organisations
- Books on Human Trafficking
- Articles on Human Trafficking
- Podcasts on Human Trafficking
- Sex Worker Calendar Days
- Resources for sex workers
- Resources for clients
- Client Guide
Sex Worker Advocacy Groups
The below are organisations dedicated to fighting for the rights of sex workers. We encourage you to share content from these organisations, donate and support them with whatever resources you can.
If we have missed any sex worker advocacy groups that you think belong on this list, please get in touch with us and let us know.
Globally
- NSWP – The Global Network of Sex Work Projects amplifies the voices of sexwork-ers globally, promoting health and human rights.
- Red Umbrella Fund – The Red Umbrella Fund is the first global fund guided by and for sex workers.
United States
- SWOP USA – National social justice network dedicated to fundamental human rights of sex workers focused on ending violence & stigma
- APAG (Adult Performance Artists Guild) – The goal of the APAG is to earn employee rights, set performer responsibilities, negotiate fair practices and fair wages, and help performers provide themselves with a better future.
- SWOP Baltimore – Sex Worker Outreach Project’s Baltimore chapter. Providing support, resources, & community to sex workers.
- SWOP Behind Bars – SWOP Behind Bars provides incarcerated sex workers with resources to create community links from the inside out!
- SWOP Tampa Bay – Harm Reduction, Education, Advocacy, Solidarity and Community For SW & Allies by SW & Allies
- SWOP Hawaii – Sex Workers Outreach Project for Hawaii. We are a peer to peer organization led by current and former sex workers for sex workers in Hawaii
- SWOP Pittsburgh – SWOP is a social justice network focusing on ending the violence and stigma associated with sex work through education and advocacy.
- SWOP Kentucky – Sex Workers Outreach Project for Kentucky
- SWOP Brooklyn – SWOP chapter providing outreach, community education & peer support!
- POC SWOP – Black-lead, Seattle-based chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project dedicated to POC voices and harm reduction in the sex trade.
- SWOP St Louis – St. Louis Chapter of SWOPUSA
- SWOP Austin Texas – Austin Texas autonomous chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project
- Mass SWAN Boston – The Massachusetts Sex Worker Ally Network is a Boston-based activist group advocating for safety, dignity, and self-determination for all sex workers
- SWOP Kentucky – The Kentucky chapter of SWOP
- SWOP Minneapolis – The Minneapolis chapter of SWOP
- COYOTE RI – Coyote RI (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) provides counselling and legal referrals for sex workers, and assistance in leaving sex work for different careers.
- SWOP Sacramento – Sex Workers Outreach Project Sacramento is social justice network dedicated to upholding the civil, labor and human rights of sexworkers and their communities
- SWOP Orlando – SWOP ORLANDO seeks to protect the health and safety of folk in the sex trade
- SWOP Detroit – Peer lead support & camaraderie focus in the Detroit area.
- SWOP Los Angeles – Los Angeles chapter of the Sex Workers’ Outreach Project SWOP USA | Dedicated to empowering those in the sex trade and ending stigma and violence
- SWOP Sacremento – The Sex Workers Outreach Project- Sacramento is a California State social justice network dedicated to reducing harm, improving healthcare, and upholding both civil and human rights of sex workers and their communities.
- SWOP Michigan – SWOP MI focuses on safety, dignity, & diversity of Sex Workers. Peer lead support & camaraderie
- SWOP Chicago – Sex Workers Outreach Project Chicago is a grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of current and former sex workers in the Chicago area, on and off of the job.
- POC SWOP – POC SWOP’s main focus at the moment is direct outreach to street-based sex workers via Green Light Project.
- The Black Sex Workers Collective – Black Sex Workers Uniting to provide financial & emotional support & training for under-served groups of sex workers & the LGBTQI community
- Urban Justice Centre – UJC’s Sex workers project engages in legal services, advocacy, education, media, and organizing to build a movement to protect the human rights of sex workers.
- Project Safe – Project SAFE is a grassroots, direct-service and peer-based advocacy organization of: women, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and trans people in Philadelphia’s sex trade.
- SAFE Philadelphia – SAFE believes in every woman and gnc persons’ right to health and well-being as well as in their competency to protect and help herself and their community.
- Bay Area Workers Support – Advocating for the health, safety & livelihoods of Bay SWers through direct support & community organizing.
- Decrim Now DC – A collective of Black + brown sex workers, organizers + allies building safety for people in the sex trades in DC
- Desiree Alliance – Social justice org of current & former sex workers in coalition w/ national & global allies working for human, labor & civil rights for all sex workers
- Red Canary Song – Grassroots collective of Asian sex workers — for migrant justice. Labor rights not police raids.
- Sex Workers Project – SWP provides direct legal & social services to sex workers & survivors of human trafficking, advocating for safety & rights.
- SWWAC – A coalition of Winnipeg-based sex workers, activists, researchers and health professionals promoting the human and labour rights of sex workers.
- SWAID Las Vegas – SW Mutual Aid Vegas is a fund created by sex workers for use by sex workers. Their goal is to quickly, efficiently and privately give out financial aid, contraceptives, harm reduction supplies and other materials to our community without significant wait times or other barriers that harm the most marginalised members of the sex working community.
- Molly House Project is a community of bois, men, and trans folk changing the way we talk masc* people in the sex trade.
- Wistle Women – Wistle Women are a non profit organisation offering free, 1:1 online english lessons to migrant sex workers. They strive to build community among migrant women, while increasing their english language skills and confidence.
Canada
- Maggie’s Toronto SWAP – Maggies Toronto is one of Canada’s oldest by & for sex workers rights orgs advocating for our right to live & work with safety + dignity since 1986!
- Power Ottawa – Prostitutes of Ottawa-Gatineau Work, Educate & Resist is a volunteer-run organization working for sex worker human and labour rights.
- SWAN Vancouver – Promoting the health, rights & safety of im/migrant women engaged in sex work, through front-line service & systemic advocacy.
- Peers Victoria – Peers was founded in 1995 by sex workers and community supporters. We support and empower sex workers and strive to engender pride and strength.
- Projet L.U.N.E: Project L.U.N.E. is a group of membership, recognition and defense of social rights “by and for” sex workers.
- SHOP – Safe Harbour Outreach Project exists to advocate for the human rights of sex workers in NL through front line services, supports and supplies.
- PACE – Peer-driven organization providing harm reduction front-line support services by, with, & for SexWork-ers since 1994.
- ShiftCalgary -Shift is a harm reduction and rights based support service for adults currently or formerly working in the sex industry.
- SWAN Waterloo – The Sex Workers Action Network of Waterloo Region (SWAN) is a group committed to recognizing and honouring individuals working in sex work in Waterloo Region.
- Stella Montreal – Stella, Maimie’s friend, by and for sex workers. For decriminalization and to work in health, safety and with dignity
Australia
- Scarlet Alliance – Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association is the national peak org representing sex workers & sex worker orgs. Formed in 1989. We are sex workers!
- Vixen Collective – Victoria’s Peer Only Sex Worker Organisation
- Decolonise Sex Work – Decolonise & Destigmatize Indigenous Sex Work in Australia. Changing the way we view our Sex Working Mob.
- Magenta WA – Magenta provide services to support and promote the health and safety of people involved in the sex industry in West Australia
- Swear WA – Sex Work; Education, Advocacy & Rights WA
- Touching Base – Touching Base developed out of the need to assist people with disability and sex workers to connect with each other.
- Debbie Doesn’t Do It For Free – Sex-Worker Arts & Performance Collective
- Eros Association – The Eros Association is Australia’s industry association for ‘adults-only’ retail, wholesale, media and entertainment.
- SWOP Male – Male Project of Sex Workers Outreach Project Sexual health info & support for male sex workers in NSW
- SIN – SIN – is a peer based organisation run by sex workers for sex workers. Promoting the health, rights and well being of SA sex workers
- SWOP NSW – SWOP provides sexual health information & support to people who engage in sex work in NSW.
- SWOP ACT – SWOP is a peer-based community organisation whose primary purpose is the prevention of HIV and other STIs through education, referral and support.
- Project Respect QLD – Queensland Sex Worker Organisation by and for sex workers
New Zealand
- New Zealand Prostitutes’ Collective – NZPC is a grass roots not for profit organisation. We provide information and services for people who are doing sex work or thinking about doing sex work.
Europe
- Hydra Berlin – Advice center & meeting point for sex workers in Berlin
- ICRSE – ICRSE, International Committee on the Rights of SexWorkers in Europe.
- STRASS – Sex workers’ trade union in France.
- SWAN – The Sex Workers Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN) is a network of civil society organizations and sexworker groups in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- PROUD Netherlands – Interest group for and by sex workers
- SWAI Ireland – SWAI promotes the human rights, equality & participation of sex workers
- Fuckforbundet – Community for sex workers in Sweden, fighting for Rights Not Rescue
- SCOT Pep – Sex worker-led charity fighting to defend & extend the human rights and labour rights of sex workers in Scotland. Safety, rights, justice
- Rose Alliance – Fighting against stigma and for the rights to work, health and safety for sex workers in Sweden and worldwide.
- Sex Work Polska – Coalition for the rights of employees and sex workers in Poland
United Kingdom
- SWARM – SWARM is a grassroots sex worker-led collective fighting criminalisation, supporting sex workers, & engaging in solidarity across issues of justice
- Prostitutes Collective – Since 1975 the English Collective of Prostitutes has been campaigning for decriminalisation and safety for sex workers
- POWNotts – Providing services and support to sex workers and those affected by sex work in Nottingham
- SCOT PEP – SCOT-PEP is a registered charity dedicated to the promotion of sex workers’ rights, safety, and health.
- POW Nottingham – Services and support to sex workers and those affected by sex work in Nottingham.
Asia
- APNSW – Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers works with sex workers across Asia Pacific promoting health and human rights.
- Philippine Sex Worker Collective – An alliance of sex workers who are determined to fight against all odds for their human rights
Central and South America
- RedTraSex LAC – Network of Sex Workers of Latin America and the Caribbean.
- PLAPERTS – Developing 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
- Fundación Margen – Fundación Margen enables training and self-care processes, building an organization for Chilean and migrant sex workers.
- Brigada Callejera de Apoyo a la Mujer Elisa Mtz AC – fighting against human trafficking for 30 years and defend labor rights of sex workers
The Censorship and surveillance of Sex Workers
- The Censorship of Sex Workers Online – Gustavo Turner
- ‘I Tried To Use A Carrot-Shaped Dildo’: Porn Star Cherie DeVille Talks About Credit Card Censorship – Brianna Lyman
- Blame is Anti LGTQ group for Only Fans’ Ban on Porn – Molly Spraygren
- Sex work after FOSTA/SESTA: A discussion with Maggie Mayhem
- Why Is Liberal Paper The Guardian Publishing ‘Porn Is Human Trafficking’ Propaganda? – Gustavo Turner
- Sex Workers Are at the Forefront of the Fight Against Mass Surveillance and Big Tech – Erin Taylor
- Sex, lies, and surveillance: Something’s wrong with the war on sex trafficking – Violet Blue
- When Sex Workers Speak, Who Listens? – Emily Coombes
- OnlyFans shows that adult games could be next – Mr Hands
- Anti-Sex Trafficking Law FOSTA Is Hurting Online Sex Educators, Too – Garrett Beard
- Erased: The Impact of FOSTA/SESTA – Hacking and Hustling
- How a Petition to Shut Down Pornhub Got Two Million Signatures – Samantha Cole
- Secret Memos Show the Government Has Been Lying About Backpage All Along – Elizabeth Nolan Brown
- Religion and Banks: How the New War on Porn Tries to Defund Sex Workers – Holly Randall Unfiltered
Banking discrimination against Sex Workers
- PayPal and Venmo are Shutting Out Sex Workers, Putting Lives and Livelihoods at Risk – LaLa B Holston-Zannell
- Sex Work and Banking Discrimination #AcceptanceMatters
- Credit Card Firms Just Put Sex Workers Like Me at More Risk – Sioxsie Q James
- The New War on Porn: How Moral Crusaders, Mainstream Media and Politicians Are Gunning for XXX – Gustavo Turner
- The Banks War on Porn – Richard Abowitz and Marlow Stern
- Incomplete List of Legal Discrimination Against Sex Workers – Ashley L
- Visa and Mastercard are Trying to Dictate What You Can Watch on Pornhub – EFF
- Independent creators say they stand to lose the most from credit card crackdown on Pornhub – Adam Kovac
- Pornhub, Payment Processing and Nicholas Kristof with Melissa Gira Grant – Peepshow Media
- Hey MasterCard, if #AcceptanceMatters then stop putting sex workers and online human rights in danger. – Fight for the Future
Sex work and LGBTQI+ rights
- Sex Workers Are an Important Part of the Stonewall Story, But Their Role Has Been Forgotten – S. Stern
- Freedom to Thrive – Transgender Law Center
- How LGBT Liberation Connects to the Oldest Profession – Diane Anderson-Minshall
- How Sex Work Got Us This Far In Gay Liberation – Titts and Sass
- Queer Online Spaces Are Being Threatened By The Government’s Internet Regulation – Junkee
- OnlyFans’ Ban on Sexually Explicit Content Will Hurt Queer and Trans Sex Workers Most – Samantha Riedel
- From eBay to OnlyFans, Trump’s anti-sex internet crusade is silencing LGBTQ culture – Mary Emily O’Hara
- Meaningful Work: Transgender Experiences in the Sex Trade – Red Umbrella Project, Best Practices Policy Project and National Center for Transgender Equality
- The Homophobia and Transphobia Experienced by LGBT Sex Workers – NSWP
- Decriminalizing Prostitution Is Central to Transgender Rights – Evan Urquhart
- Sex Work is an LGBTQIA+ Issue – Survivors Against SESTA
- When Sex Means Survival for LGBTQ Teens – Shauna Miller
- National LGBT Taskforce Calls for the Decriminalisation of Sex Work – National LGBT Taskforce
- How Queer Adult Comic Artists Are Being Silenced By FOSTA-SESTA – Matt Baume
- Blame This Anti-LGBTQ+ Group for OnlyFans’ Ban on Porn – Molly Sprayregen
- Tilly Lawless: Making space as a sex worker
Sex work and Black Liberation
- Black Sex Workers’ Lives Matter: Appropriation of Black Suffering – Robyn Maynard
- Decriminalize Sex Work – Freedom Dreams of Black Trans Liberation – Center for Constitutional Rights
- Full Decriminalisation is full freedom: Tamika Spellman on Belonging and towards Black Sex Worker liberation – Jaimee A. Swift
- You Can’t Say Black Lives Matter and Exclude Black Sex Workers – suprihmbe
- A revolution led by sex workers – Chanelle Gallant
- Black Sex Workers’ History Is Black History – AIDS United
- Black Suffering for/from Anti-trafficking Advocacy – Lyndsey P. Beutin
- The ‘White Slavery’ Law That Brought Down Jack Johnson is Still in Effect – Erin Blakemore
- The Roots of “Modern Day Slavery”: The Page Act and the Mann Act – Lorelei Lee
- Black and Brown Sex Workers Keep getting pushed to the margins – Suprihmbé
Sex work and Disability Rights
- Sex Work is a disability rights issue, so why doesn’t the disability community recognise that? – Katie Tastrom
- I’m A Disabled Sex Worker, And This Is What I Want You To Know – Hayley Jade
- What’s Sex Got To Do With Disability Rights? – Jacqueline Gualtieri
- Nothing about us without us: Disabled Sex Workers in Ireland – Disabled Women Ireland
- For Disabled Sex Workers, Congress’ Anti-Trafficking Legislation Is Life Threatening – Cyrée Jarelle Johnson
- Sex work and disability co-exist – Keshia Africa
- We need to talk about sex work… and disability – Rachel Wotton
- For People with Disabilities, Sex Work is Still Grounded in Stigma – Julie Fenwick
- Sex Workers and Persons With Disabilities – Dr David J. Ley
Sex work and Migration
- Understanding Migrant Sex Workers – Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network)
- Migrant Massage Workers Don’t Need to Be Rescued – Rosemarie Ho
- Alice Snedden’s Bad News – Migrant Sex Workers
- 10 Myths About Human Trafficking in the Chinese Migrant Community -Red Canary Song
- Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policy Harm Migrant Sex Workers – Butterfly Network
- Dr Laura Agustín on Migration, Sex Work, Trafficking and the Rescue Industry
- Rights not rescue for migrant sex workers – Luca Stevenson
- Most migrant sex workers satisfied with their work: Australian Institute of Criminology – Julie Medew
Sex Work and Parenthood
- We are Single Mothers and Sex Workers – Niki Adams
- I’m a Sex Worker, and This is What I’ll tell my Child – Elle Stanger
- The Right To Mother and Do Sex Work – Carrie Weisman
- Here’s how working in the sex industry prepared me to be a wife and mother – Melissa Petro
- It’s time to stop stigmatizing sex worker mothers – Juniper Fitzgerald
- But what about the children? Jessie Sage on motherhood and sex work – Jessie Sage
- What You Don’t Know About Sex Workers – Natalie Gil
- What it’s like to be a mother and a sex worker – Stella Winter
- What It’s Like Being a Mom and a Sex Worker – Juniper Fitzgerald
Sex Work and Feminism
- Is Feminism Failing Sex Workers – Niki Adams
- The false feminism of criminalising sex workers’ clients – Frankie Miren and Laura Watson
- When She Says Woman, She Doesn’t Mean Me – Lorelei Lee
- Liberal Feminism Has a Sex Work Problem – Melissa Gira Grant
- Sex Work isn’t Empowering – Elexus Jionde
- 4 Feminist Reasons Why We Need to Support Sex Workers – Leigh Cuen
- Radical feminists’ objection to sex work is profoundly un-feminist – Lauren Rosewarne
- Pussy, Power and Patriarchy – Elexus Jionde
- Feminist approaches to Anti Trafficking: A manifesto
- Why feminism must include the fight for sex workers’ rights – Kerry Porth
- Sex workers now have a feminist movement on their side – Stacy Clare
- My Feminism Supports Sex Workers’ Rights – Rachel Drucker
- Feminists, if you support the ‘Nordic’ approach to sex work, you’re co-signing the imprisonment of women – Molly Smith
Sex Work and Labour Trafficking in the sex industry
- What Governments Don’t Want You To Know About Modern Slavery – Vice World News
- Why decriminalizing sex work will help to end trafficking – Freedom United
- Criminalising sex work won’t help victims of trafficking – Stella Winter and Liliana Gashi
- The Crusade Against Pornhub Is Going to Get Someone Killed – Samantha Cole
- White supremacist patriarchy socially constructed sex trafficking to protect its interests – Wagate Wanjuki
- Inside Exodus Cry: The Shady Evangelical Group With Trump Ties Waging War on Pornhub – Tarpley Hitt
- Stop letting people lie to you about hate crime and human trafficking spikes – Elizabeth Nolan Brown
- The Futile Quest for Hard Numbers on Child Sex Trafficking – Michael Hobbs
- Don’t call it ‘sex trafficking’ – Ben Chapman-Schmidt
- Op-Ed: British Journal of Criminology Study on ‘Violence’ in Porn – Cathy Reisenwitz
- Lies, damned lies and sex work statistics – Maggie McNeil
- Law Enforcement’s Backpage Problem – Morgan Baskin
- Sex workers called it: ‘Anti-sex-trafficking’ law causes more sex trafficking – Alex Dalbey
- How I Survived The Anti-Trafficking Movement – Rose Kalemba
- Criminalising sex workers’ clients makes trafficking worse – Andrew Wallis
- Inside a Massive Anti-Trafficking Charity’s Blundering Overseas Missions – Anna Merlan and Tim Marchman
- Private donors: the pied pipers of ‘modern slavery’? – Mike Dottridge
- A Famed Anti-Sex Trafficking Group Has a Problem With the Truth – Anna Merlan and Tim Marchman
- Breaking Down the Myth: Why Familial Human Trafficking Goes Unnoticed – Victoria Shircliffe
- The truth about modern slavery offenders – David Gadd and Rose Broad
- Casualties of War: The Wars on Drugs and Trafficking – Justice Rivera
Sex Work and Labour rights
- “Prostitution is the Social Safety Net in This Country”: Sex Workers Speak Out About Coronavirus – Matt Baume
- Why Sex Work Should Be Decriminalised – Human Rights Watch
- Preventing Sex Trafficking Requires the Full Decriminalization of Sex Work – Freedom Network USA
- Amnesty International publishes policy and research on protection of sex workers’ rights – Amnesty International
- Is Sex Work Decriminalization The Answer? What The Research Tells Us – ACLU
- Preventing Sex Trafficking Requires the Full Decriminalization of Sex Work – Freedom Network USA
- The Economic Case for Decriminalizing Sex Work – Karl W. Smith
- The Problem with Criminalizing Sex Workers’ Clients – Kate McGrew and Sebastian Kohn
- How an oil heiress attacked sex workers and their clients -or- How to weaponize privilege to wage war on prostitution – Domina Elle
- There is no neutral position on whether sex work is work – Inga Thiemann
- It’s time to get off the fence on sex workers’ rights – Sienna Baskin
- Hit & Run II The impact of anti-trafficking policy and practice on Sex Worker’s Human Rights in Thailand – empower foundation
Books on Sex Work
- Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights – Juno Mac and Molly Smith
- We too, Essays on sex work and survival – Edited by Natalie West, with Tina Horn
- Thriving in Sex Work – Lola Davina
- Playing the Whore – Melissa Gira Grant
- Prostitutes Our Life: An account of the 1975 prostitute women’s strike in France which launched the modern sex workers’ rights movement – Claude Jaget
- Some Mothers Daughter: The hidden movement of prostitute women against violence – International Prostitutes Collective
- Soho Fights: sex workers for safety and against land grabs – English Prostitutes Collective
- Coming Out Like a Pornstar: Essays on Pornography, Protection and Privacy – Jiz Lee
- Livable Intersections – Sara M. Kallock
- Sex at the margins – Laura Maria Agustin
- Come: A memoir – Rita Terese
- Sex Lies and Statistics: The truth about sex work the mainstream press, politicians and Julie Bindel – Brooke Magnanti
- Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good – Adrienne Marie Brown
- Sex Workers Unite: A History of the Movement from Stonewall to SlutWalk: Melinda Chateauvert
- Camming: Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Work Industry – Angela Jones
- Sex Work Activism in Canada: Speaking Out, Standing Up – Amy Lebovitch and Shawna Ferris
- Sex Work and the New Zealand Model: Decriminalisation and Social Change – Lynzi Armstrong and Gillian Abel
- Reading Sex Work – Heather Berg
- Porn Work: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism – Heather Berg
- Transpacific Attachments: Sex Work, Media Networks, and Affective Histories of Chineseness – Lily Wong
- Capitalism on Campus: Sex Work, Academic Freedom and the Market – Ron Roberts
- Transgender Sex Work and Society – Larry Nuttbrock
- Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law – Alison Bass
How to help sex workers
- 85 Ways to Make Sex Workers Lives a Little Easier – femi babylon
- How to support sex trafficking survivors without harming consenting sex workers – Mashable
- Are you friends with a sex worker? Here’s what being a bestie – and an ally – really means Georgie Wolf
- Understanding Sex Work in an Open Society – Open Society
- Language Matters: Talking about Sex Work – NSWP
- Be an Ally to Sex Workers – Swop Behind Bars
- How to be an Ally to Sex Workers – SWOP USA
- 10 Ways to be a Great Ally to Sex Workers – Stella
- Sex Workers Tell Us What Support They Actually Need From Politicians – Jo Yurcaba
- 7 Ways to Support Sex Workers in the Wake of FOSTA-SESTA – Sophie Saint Thomas
Resources for Allies
- What Sex Workers Wish the Public Knew – The Archive
- Sex Workers Reveal how they got Started in the Industry – The Archive
- Sex Workers Share their Funniest Stories – The Archive
- How Sex Workers Separate Client and Personal Sexual Relationships – The Archive
- Sex Workers on Decriminalisation – The Archive
- How Can Galleries Support Artist Sex Workers? – Babeworld
Websites and digital magazines on Sex Work
- Peepshow Magazine
- Titts and Sass
- TOS Journal
- Hacking and Hustling
- Petit Mort Mag
- The Honest Courtesan
- Sugar Worldwide
- Vixen Temple
- Xbiz
Podcasts on Sex Work
- SWOPcast
- When We’re Not Hustling
- Old Pros
- Peepshow podcast
- The Whorecast
- BBW BadGirl With Isabella Martin
- The Whores of Yore
- The Art of the Hookup
- Stripped by SIA
- The Wholesome Whores Podcast
- The Oldest Profession
- A Sex Workers Guide to the Galaxy
- Somebody You Love
- The Full Service Podcast
- The Performers Pod
- Candy Girl
- Self Help for Sex Workers
- On the Business of Sex
- The Original Sex Sells Podcast
- Good Pornin’ America
- Snarky Harlots
- Why are people into that?
- Candid Companion
- Girls Do Porn
- Sex Worker Storytelling
- Vixen Temple
- It’s so hard
- No Life Skills
- Are you available?
- Sex Sells Co
- Strippers in the Attic
- Yes, a Stripper podcast
- Sex Cult Radio
Sex positive CSA and anti trafficking Organisations
Books on Human Trafficking
- The Truth About Modern Slavery – Emily Kenway
- Threadbare: Clothes, Sex and Trafficking – Anne Elizabeth Moore
- Children of the Global Sex Trade – Julia O’Connell Davidson
- Sex Trafficking, Scandal and the Transformation of Journalism – Gretchen Soderlund
- The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption – Kathryn Joyce
Podcasts on Human Trafficking
- In Conversation with Emily Kenway: The Truth About Modern Slavery
- You’re wrong about: Human Trafficking
- You’re wrong about: Wayfair and Human Trafficking Statistics
- Reply All: No more safe harbour
- The Prostasia Conversations
- Debunking Sex Trafficking Myths and Misinformation with Elizabeth Nolan Brown – What’s Really Good with Nathan Allebach
- DISINFORMED: We’re wrong about trafficking w/ Michael Hobbes
- Debunking Headlines About ‘Child Sex Trafficking Busts’
Resources for Sex workers
- Know Your Rights: Protection, Justice, Compensation – For Sex Workers & Formerly Incarcerated People – US Prostitutes Collective in collaboration with HIPS DC
- APAG Instagram discrimination form
- APAG OnlyFans issue form
- APAG performer concerns form
- Master list: Online sex work tutorial links – put together by @AWuornosFan
- How-to Get Started as a Sexworker FAQ – by HereFortheFood954 and AussieMaleEscort via r/SexWorkers
- How to get started as a male sex worker – by AussieMaleEscort
- How to Protect Yourself When Speaking to Press, Part 1 – Mike Stabile
- How to Protect Yourself When Speaking to Press, Part 2 – Mike Stabile
- How to Handle a Hostile Interview (Courtesy of the BBC) – Mike Stabile
- Sex Work CEO – Melrose Michaels
- Victorian Inclusive Practitioners (VIC, Aus only)
- Are you dating a sex worker? Here’s how to be a better partner – Georgie Wolf
- So you’re dating a sex worker – Andre Shakti
- How to date a sex worker – Christian B Vega
- How to Make Money from Porn, Beyond OnlyFans – Jessie Sage
- A Global Map of Sex Work Laws – NSWP
- Coming out to the Parents – Sultry Miss Em
- Account Shutdown Harm Reduction Guide – Hacking and Hustling
- Dear Ms Harm Reduction – Tits and Sass
- Online Worker Safety Hazards and Cautions – Hacking and Hustling
- Male Sex Work Handbook – HOOK and Harm Reduction Coalition
Resources for Clients
- How to find a safe provider – by HereFortheFood954 via r/SexWorkers
- The Tryst.link client guide
- Satisfaction project – Georgie Wolf
- The Dos And Don’ts Of Reaching Out To A Sex Worker, As Told By Sex Workers – Jessie Sage
Sex Worker Calendar Days
For both days, most sex worker groups take part in celebration and recognition with events organized around the world. The best way to see what’s happening in your area is to check in with your local Sex Worker group which you can find below.
International Sex Workers Rights Day – March 3rd marks International Sex Workers Rights Day. Despite progress in many other marginalised sectors such as the queer community, sex workers are still fighting for basic human rights in many places around the world.
International Whore’s Day – On June 2nd each year, sex workers and allies from around the globe march, educate, rally and celebrate the industry. With marches organized worldwide, this is an international day of recognition and fighting for rights, decriminalization and more.
Sex worker Pride Day – Starting in 2019, Sex Worker Pride Day is the September 14th of each year. On this day we aim to further amplify the voices within our extremely diverse community and celebrate the incredible achievements of the sex workers rights movement.
International Day To End Violence against Sex Workers – Each year on December 17th we bring attention to the hate crimes committed against sex workers. We come together to remember those who have lost their lives to hate and recognise the ongoing struggle for empowerment, visibility and rights.