Dear friends,
I hope you all are okay during these times. However, there are a lot of people who will be facing some tough times right now. I want to ask you to take care of the most vulnerable people in our society as well. Many sex workers, especially those working on the streets, are in tough times right now. As a sex worker, income is often unpredicable, and the pandemic can put vulnerable sex workers in precarious situations. The sex worker community is coming together to take care of their own, and I will list the emergency fundraisers in response to this pandemic below. If you have some money to spare, please donate.
North America
- Emergency COVID-19 Relief for Sex Workers in New York
- GLP SANI: sex-worker aid network initiative in Seattle
- Whose Corner Is It Anyway in Western Massachusetts
- No Justice No Pride in Washington D.C.
- Emergency Covid19 Relief for Sex Workers in Austin
- PDX Sex Worker COVID-19 Relief Fund in Portland
- Colorado Entertainment Coalition
- SWEET is a mutual aid organisation that distributes micro grants to sex workers in Tuscon AZ/Pima county
- No Justice No Pride, HIPS and other #DecrimNow organizations are collaborating on a relief fund to DC Area and DMV based sex workers impacted by the coronavirus outbreak
- SWOP USA: New Hampshire relief fund
- Detroid Sex Worker Mutual Aid Fund
- Relief fund for trans sex workers in Guatemala
- COYOTE in Rhode Island
- Pittsburgh Mutual Aid Fund
- SWOP LA is collecting funds to help sex workers in Southern California
- PACE society in Vancouver has set up a sex worker relief fund
- Detroit Sex Worker Mutual Aid Fund
- AMETS in Mexico has instructions on how to donate to their relief fund on Twitter
- Black Trans Sex Worker Survival Kits
- Lysistrata Mutual Care Collective and Fund
- Black Sex Workers Collective
- SWOP Baltimore mutual aid fund
- SWAP Hamilton emergency fund in Canada
- Las Vegas Sex Worker COVID19 Emergency Relief Fund
- SWOP Boston and MASWAN are raising emergency funds for providers in the area
- Mutual Aid Fund for Black/Brown sex workers of the Chicagoland Area
South America
- Putas Feministas is collecting money for sex workers in Argentinia – for international payments, see here for the options
- Relief fund for trans women sex workers in Bogota, Colombia
- Sindicato de Trabajadorxs Sexuales de Quito – Funds for sex workers in Equador, Quito
Europe
- SWARM Hardship Fund in the UK
- Dutch Emergency Fund
- Liberty in The Hague (NL) has set up a crowd fund for sex workers
- Fuckförbundet is also setting up an emergency fund in Sweden
- Umbrella Lane: Sex worker Emergency Fundraiser in Scotland
- Fondo de Emergencia para las Trabajadoras Sexuales in Spain
- FAST: emergency funding for trans people & sex workers in France
- PION has set up a fund for sex workers in Norway
- Karada House in Berlin is collecting funds for emergency relief as well
- Berlin Collective Action: Nightlife Emergency Fund
- SWAI Hardship Fund in Ireland
- Crowdfunding for sex workers in Greece
- Fundraiser for sex workers in France
- STRASS in France is collecting funds for sex workers
- Urgent Help and Support for Sex Workers in Belgium by UTSOPI
- An emergency fund for sex workers by Red Edition in Austria
- Emergency Fund for Sex Workers in Poland
- BesD Corona Emergency Fund in Germany
- Covid19 – Nessuna da sola! Solidarietà immediata alle lavoratrici sessuali più colpite dall’emergenza in Italy
- Pedido de apoio a trabalhadorxs do sexo confinadxs in Portugal
- STAR is asking for donations to help sex workers in Macedonia
Asia
- Can you imagine how Sex Workers & Trans People would be dealing with lockdown? in Karnataka, India
- Support Queer Nightlife Workers in Istanbul
- NNSW in India is collecting money for food kits
- Trans Solidarity COVID Fund | Bangladesh
Australia
Africa
Worldwide
- Victoria Caram is collecting funds for migrant trans sex workers: Migrant Trans Sex worker you are not alone!
- FKA Twigs started a fundraiser for Sex Worker Mutual Aid Funds
When I find any more emergency fundraisers for sex workers, I will add them to this list. Feel free to message me on Twitter to let me know about them. On RedUmbrellaFund there is a list of fundraisers and resources for sex workers as well.
Take care of each other,
x Jane
there is a polish organisation called SexWorkPolska, https://swpkontakt.org/ and they are having a fundraising project. They distribute the money amongst sexworkers here, they collected about 3k Euro this far, here is the link to their fundraising page
https://zrzutka.pl/7k8tga
It’s been added 🙂
As a past sex trade worker (exotic dancer and prostitute), I have been wondering how those still in the business are coping.