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HELP & RESOURCES
RESOURCE LISTProvided by the I.E.A.U. as a free resource for Adult Performers and others. Please send revisions or additions to bobm@ieauunion.com GENERAL LISTINGSSUICIDE HOTLINE 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Trevor Project Hotline Suicide prevention among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & questioning (LGBTQ) youth 1-866-488-7386 National Runaway Safeline 1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929) National Human Trafficking Hotline 1 (888) 373-7888 or Text: 233733 help@humantraffickinghotline.org www.humantraffickinghotline.org National Sexual Assault Hotline. Free. Confidential. 24/7. 1 800.656.HOPE (4673) Also have a CHAT Line from their website: RAINN.org Planned Parenthood Locator Information & Resources on Birth Control & Women’s Health issues 1-800-230-PLAN (1-800-230-7526) Locator: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/ Birth Control Locator www.bedsider.org/where_to_get_it The National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233 Health, Life, Accident & other Insurance Advice & Information Contact John Fleming: john@localinsurance.net In many areas dial 211 or 311 for information on local service providers & government agencies Sex Worker Outreach Project (SWOP) SWOP Behind Bars Support for incarcerated sex workers Sex Workers Anonymous 12 step program National Institute of Drug Abuse - NIDA This government institute is dedicated to addiction research and education. https://www.drugabuse.gov/ Coalition Against Trafficking of Women Nongovernmental organization seeking to end sex trafficking. www.catwininternational.org 212-643-9895 Amenesty International Global organization working to defend human rights worldwide; supports decriminalizing prostitution. www.anmestyusa.org 212-807-8400 ARIZONA SWOP Tucson Tucson, Arizona The Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) is a national grassroots movement devoted to championing the rights of sex workers in order to achieve civil liberties, human rights, and dignity in the workplace. CALIFORNIA Bayswan San Francisco Bay Area Non-profit organization which works to improve working conditions, increase benefits, and eliminate discrimination on behalf of individuals working within both legal and criminalized adult entertainment industries. The organization provides advice and information to social service, policy reformers, media outlets, politicians, including the San Francisco Task Force on Prostitution and Commission on the Status of Women (COSW), and law enforcement agencies dealing with sex workers. SWOP Sacramento Sacramento The Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) is a national grassroots movement devoted to championing the rights of sex workers in order to achieve civil liberties, human rights, and dignity in the workplace. SWOP Los Angeles Los Angeles The Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) is a national grassroots movement devoted to championing the rights of sex workers in order to achieve civil liberties, human rights, and dignity in the workplace. www.swoplosangeles.wordpress.com Exotic Service Providers Legal, Education and Research Project San Francisco A group that seeks to advance sexual privacy rights. www.esplerp.org 415-265-3302 Abeni Orange County Abeni exists to create a safe, confidential place for those working in the orange county sex trades, as well as those being domestically sex trafficked. As allies and advocates, we aim to be a present source of relevant, relational, and holistic support for those who are working or have worked in the adult entertainment industry... No strings attached. No ulterior motives. No hidden agenda. 714-770-9167 GEORGIA WPN Power, Co Atlanta Advocacy & support for sex workers ILLINOIS SWOP Chicago Chicago The Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) is a national grassroots movement devoted to championing the rights of sex workers in order to achieve civil liberties, human rights, and dignity in the workplace. LOUISIANA Women with a Vision New Orleans community-based non-profit, founded in 1989 by a grassroots collective of African-American women in response to the spread of HIV/AIDS in communities of color. Major areas of focus include Sex Worker Rights, Drug Policy Reform, HIV Positive Women’s Advocacy, and Reproductive Justice outreach. NEVADA SWOP Las Vegas Las Vegas The Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) is a national grassroots movement devoted to championing the rights of sex workers in order to achieve civil liberties, human rights, and dignity in the workplace. NEW JERSEY New Jersey Red Umbrella Alliance New Jersey Works with any sex worker that needs help advocating for their rights (be they escorts or dancers, men or women, cisgender or transgender, etc). NEW YORK HIV Testing/STD Testing NYC Hotline: 212-427-5120 or 311 GLITS Queens We approach 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. The first issue we address is that of immediate need/ crisis support for transgender sex workers… 304-88-GLITS OR (304) 884.5487 Toll-free SWOP-USA/GLITS Community Support Line: (877) 776-2004 (ext. 212) Prostitutes of New York (PONY) New York, NY Support group for all sex workers, whether current, former or transitioning. Our members come from every part of the industry. We have worked in the streets, clubs, agencies, bordellos, bedrooms, peep shows, BDSM parlors and other sex markets of New York. http://pony212.wordpress.com/about/ The Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Centre New York 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. One of the first programs in the nation to assist survivors of human trafficking, the Sex Workers Project has pioneered an approach to service grounded in human rights, harm reduction and in the real life experiences of our clients. Our professional service providers are multi-lingual, non-judgmental and bring more than ten years of experience. Our attorneys help clients remain in stable housing, access safer working conditions and employment options, protect their legal rights in family court, clear their criminal records, secure legal immigration status, and fight police misconduct and hate crimes. Our social workers provide long term supportive therapy and case management, creating best practices for an emerging field. OREGON Prism Health Portland Prism Health offers a safe, affirming, and non-judgmental space where all members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community can obtain the compassionate and culturally effective health care they need and deserve. We prioritize inclusivity to ensure that all members of the LGBTQ+ community can access affirming and high quality health care. Patients do not have to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer to receive care, but services will focus on addressing the sensitive issues of sexual minorities and their families and friends. Prism Health provides free and fast testing for HIV and other STIs. (503) 445-7699 STROLL Portland A Harm Reduction, Outreach, and Education Group Run by and For Sex Workers
COYOTE RI West Warwick Works with mainly female sex workers TEXAS SWOP San Antonio San Antonio The Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) is a national grassroots movement devoted to championing the rights of sex workers in order to achieve civil liberties, human rights, and dignity in the workplace. WASHINGTON STATE SWOP Seattle Seattle The Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) is a national grassroots movement devoted to championing the rights of sex workers in order to achieve civil liberties, human rights, and dignity in the workplace. WASHINGTON DC HIPS Washington, DC HIPS believes that those engaged in sex work, sex trade, and drug use should be able to live healthy, self-determined, and self-sufficient lives free from stigma, violence, criminalization or oppression. We will achieve this through engaging sex workers, drug users and our communities in challenging structural barriers to health, safety, and prosperity. HIPS offers a 24/7 hotline to provide emotional support, schedule supplies deliveries, and get connected to health and supportive services. 1 (800) 676-4477 CANADA Stepping Stone Halifax, Nova Scotia Provides services and supports to sex workers (902) 420-0103 Maggie's: The Toronto Sex Workers Action Project Toronto An organization run for and by local sex workers. Our mission is to assist sex workers in our efforts to live and work with safety and dignity. We are founded on the belief that in order to improve our circumstances, sex workers must control our own lives and destinies. We welcome workers of all genders from all areas of the sex trade - street-based sex workers, exotic dancers, escorts, pornography actors, phone sex operators, professional dominants and submissives, erotic massage workers, web cam workers, and others - to join us in our fight to control our own bodies, sexuality and working lives. Sex Professionals of Canada (SPOC) Toronto SPOC is a volunteer run activist network that engages in advocacy and education. SPOC operates on the principle that all forms of consensual adult sex work are valid occupations. SPOC maintains that sex workers have the capacity for choice and our experiences are diverse. SPOC maintains that sex workers deserve labour rights, and occupational health and safety standards defined by sex workers themselves. SPOC members and associates oppose those who seek to ‘rescue’ sex workers using force or coercive measures including court imposed re-education/exit programs, jails or camps. We stand for the decriminalization of all forms of sex work in Canada. We oppose legalization because it is always exploitive toward sex workers. Migrant Sex Workers Project Toronto Grassroots group of migrants, sex workers, and allies who demand safety and dignity for all sex workers regardless of immigration status. We use a justice based framework that places sex worker rights on equal footing against racism, settler colonialism and border imperialism. We are creating tools that migrant sex workers use to protect themselves against human rights violations, educating the public about the dangers of anti-trafficking and advocating to change policies that hurt and exploit migrants in the sex trade. http://www.migrantsexworkers.com Sex Workers Action Group (SWAG) Kingston Sex Workers Action Group Kingston (SWAG Kingston) is a sex positive group run by sex workers, people with lived experience, allies, and agency members who strive to improve the lives of sex workers in Kingston and surrounding area. Safe Harbour Outreach Project (S.H.O.P) Vancouver SHOP exists to advocate for the human rights of sex workers. They also offer a variety of support services. 604-719-6343 PACE (Providing Alternatives Counselling & Education Society) Vancouver Offers low-barrier programming and support in order to serve Vancouver’s most marginalized populations; people who often fall through the cracks due to ineligibility for services that require a fixed address or sobriety can access our services. In this respect, PACE is on the frontline of support for those in Vancouver who need it most. SWAN (Supporting Women's Alternative's Network) Vancouver Supports newcomer, migrant and immigrant women engaged in indoor sex work. Our membership includes women from diverse cultural backgrounds who speak various languages. We use this diversity to build a community network that supports women who work in massage parlours, private residences and other indoor sites. Trans* & gender-diverse migrant and immigrant women are welcome. We also support women who have been trafficked. 604.719.6343 Peers Victoria Resources Society Victoria Peers is an innovative, multi-service grassroots agency that was established by, with, and for sex workers in 1995. Through direct service delivery and community partnerships, Peers provides an array of outreach and drop in harm reduction and support services alongside education and employment training for current and former sex workers, in Victoria and on Vancouver Island. Stella, l'amie de Maimie Montréal Québec Medical clinic for sex workers (limited resources). They also host a community supper, condoms, resource material, advocacy and more! Project Lune Quebec (French) Intervening, maintaining and acquiring the femmes / trans / queer ... victims of sexual exploitation… MEXICO Agenda Nacional Politica Trans de México Supporting Trans in Mexico. https://www.facebook.com/agendatransmexico Casa Xochiquetzal Mexico City Retirement home for sex workers in Mexico City (space is limited). Some social workers available https://casaxochiquetzal.wordpress.com/ Censida Birth Control and support for HIV and other STIs. DIVERSIDAD TTT, A. C. Prevent and educate in HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections in the transsexual community. +52-222-232-2941 Union y Fuerza de Mujeres Trans Chihuahuenses Support and advocacy for transgender sex workers https://www.facebook.com/mujerestranschihuahuenses\ +52 614 184 5987
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