This guide offers practical information for service providers working with migrant sex workers who have experienced, or may experience violence, discrimination or other forms of abuse. Many service providers have expressed that they do not feel equipped or able to support migrant sex workers when they experience violence or forms of exploitation. As a result,…
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Transitions Clinic Network’s Reentry Healthcare Hotline
For returning community members coming home to California. Get help connecting to medical services in California after release. Find information on how to refill medications (including MAT), find a healthcare provider, enroll in Medi-Cal, and more. Call (510) 606-6400 to talk to a Community Health Worker with a shared history of incarceration. This hotline accepts…
Brilliant Corners
Brilliant Corners can provide housing services (flexible housing subsidies) and case management for recently incarcerated folks that have been released (trans/queer and sex worker-friendly resource). Their Los Angeles general helpline is (213) 232-0134 from Monday thru Friday 8:30-5 pm and they provide services in Spanish.
Tenants Rights Assistance
https://latenantsunion.org/en/locals/
General Relief Enrollment
If you are an able-bodied adult you can receive aid for no more than nine months in any 12-month period. Participation in the General Relief (GR) employment and training program, General Relief Opportunities for Work (GROW), is mandatory for able-bodied adults. If you have a verified physical or mental disability you may receive GR with…
Sex Worker Support Group
For Sex Workers And Those In The Sex Trade Email LexieDeLaLuz@protonmail.com for Zoom Code 5:30 – 7:30 Every Monday
Glossary
Learning about new ideas and social movements means learning new terminology. Here’s our list of things to know. * 2257 laws: The United States federal laws that requires porn producers to keep strict records of performers’ work and documentation of their legal ages. Adult industry trade group the Free Speech Coalition has led the fight against…
How To Be An Ally to Sex Workers
1) Don’t Assume. Don’t assume you know why a person is in the sex industry. We’re not all trafficked or victims of abuse. Some people make a choice to enter this industry because they enjoy it, others may be struggling for money and have less of a choice. 2) Be Discreet and Respect Personal Boundaries.…
In Case of Arrest: What NOT To Do!
Ten Things NOT to do If Arrested: I have been practicing criminal law for 24 years and have seen a wide variety of reactions by people who are being arrested. Some of these reactions are unwise but understandable. Others are self defeating to the point of being bizarre. No one plans to be arrested, but…
18 Things Every Sex Worker Should Know
This is Mistress Matisse’s May 18th Stranger column…there’s a lot that’s valuable here for both the new and seasoned sex worker. 1. Yes, there are ready-made jobs in sex work, like massage studios and escort services, where all you have to do is show up. But the people who run them take a cut of…