Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation
Run by former porn performer and Institute for the Advanced Study PhD Sharon Mitchell. AIM provides STI testing and counseling for performers in the straight porn industry.
COYOTE
A thirty-plus year old sex worker rights and advocacy organization run out of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Hook Online
Hook is the premier resource for men in the sex industry – not only does the site have great information but the design is fabulous. In spring 2006 Hook is starting a series of classes for men in the sex industry called Rent U – check it out if you’re in NYC.
Network of Sex Work Projects
NSWP brings together a lot of fantastic resources for people seeking in depth information about the sex industry, and sex workers rights on a global scale.
Prostitutes of New York
Their website is nothing special, but PONY’s most valuable resource is its mailing list, which distributes information on activist opportunities, sex worker news, and issues warnings about bad clients.
Sex Work Assistance Guide
SWAG is only a few months old, but its already got a wealth of information for workers in all parts of the sex industry, including articles on advertising, finances, relationships and sex work, and addressing guilt.
Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP-USA)
SWOP is a sex workers advocacy project that is always up-to-date on sex worker news and provides a score of resources for people in the sex industry.
Sex Workers Education and Assistance Taskforce
SWEAT is a non-profit organization in Cape Town, South Africa that works with sex workers around health and human rights. They also lobby and advocate for the decriminalization of adult sex work in South Africa.
Sex Worker’s Project
Located at the Urban Justice Center in NYC, the Sex Worker’s Project focuses on the provision of legal services, legal training, documentation, and policy advocacy for sex workers.
Sex Workers International Media Watch
Lots of solid media criticism and great information on how and when to deal with the media in regards to the sex industry.
$pread Magazine
By and for sex workers and those who support their rights, $pread works toward a world where the lives of sex workers are self-determined. I’m an executive editor at $pread.
