Info for Sex Workers

We understand that all employment is a human right. In a time of a pandemic, sex workers are more vulnerable. Please share with someone who is still working or needs to work. 

Articles & Initiatives

• United Nations: The Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) and UNAIDS released a joint statement to protect the health and rights of sex workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

• Washington Post: Excluding those in the sex industry from COVID-19 relief is a mistake

• The Nation: How Sex Workers Are Using Mutual Aid to Respond to the Coronavirus

• Rewire: Here’s How You Can Help Sex Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak

LINKS TO other Resources

• Bay Area Workers Support COVID Resources

• Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network and Maggie's Toronto Sex Workers Action Project

• Sex work-specific mutual aid funds

• Red Umbrella Fund Resources

• General resources from Sex Workers Outreach Project

How sex workers can diversify their income

• How to start an OnlyFans (Arabelle Raphael, 2020)

• Niteflirt Basics (Eva Sterling, 2020)

• Intro to Camming (Vanessa Lierre Blue, 2020)

• COVID financial survival (Amberly Rothfield, 2020)

How you can help sex workers during COVID

• Donate to them directly

• Purchase online or phone content

• Help a provider get tools to make video content (stand to hold a camera phone, lighting, etc)

• Practice social distancing

• Check in on the sex workers in your life

• Donate to a mutual aid network

• Due to stigma, sex workers face a lot of barriers in seeking health services:

  • If a sex worker in your life is experiencing symptoms, ask how you can support them.

  • This may involve being on the phone with them as they call their doctor or local health clinic.