It’s been five years since the historic anti-FOSTA/SESTA Whore’s Day March brought over 300 sex workers and supporters out to raise Hell on Hollywood Boulevard and tell every federal and state representative in LA we could find that: Sex Worker Rights are Human Rights, FOSTA/SESTA must be repealed, Sex Work is Work and Sex Work must be Decriminalized—begging them…
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Vision For LA: A Discussion with Local Candidates About a Future Without Criminalization
Join SWOPLA and local candidates this Saturday, May 28th as speakers weave together a vision of Los Angeles without criminalization and the city we could live in if we chose to invest in community care. We’re bringing together sex workers and candidates for various local political offices to discuss what a future without criminalization could…
Making Our Community Safer: The Massage Worker Outreach Program
Today, March 16th, 2022, is the one year anniversary of the tragic mass-shooting in Atlanta where eight people, including six Asian women, were murdered in three seperate Asian-owned massage businesses, in an attack that was motivated by xenophobia, racism, and whorephobia. Unfortunately, this was not an isolated incident, and just last month, two more Asian…
SWOP LA ZINE Launch & Hump Day For The Hoes
Today, June 2nd, is International Whore’s Day. A day which commemorates the occupation of Église Saint-Nizier in Lyon by more than a hundred sex workers on June 2nd, 1975. A day in which sex workers banded together to stand up for their human rights amidst inhumane working conditions. It has been celebrated annually since 1976, and…
Call for Zine Submissions
To commemorate International Whore’s Day on June 2nd, SWOPLA is in the process of creating our first ever zine that will be distributed both online and in print. We are excited to solicit creative work from sex workers to include in this debut issue! All accepted submissions will be compensated, and you can submit your…
New Book Club Reading We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival
We are excited to announce that we’re starting a book club to read and discuss We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival! We’ll be meeting every two weeks from 4 to 5:30 PM, each time to discuss a different section of the book. Sex workers and allies welcome. If the cost of the book…
March 2021 Meeting
Join us on Zoom for our next meeting Thursday, March 18th, 6-8PM PST. Sex workers and allies welcome. 💕 Meeting ID: 916 6443 0803 Dial-In: +1 213 338 8477 Web: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/91664430803
February Meeting
February’s meeting is Thursday, the 18th, 6-8PM PST! Sex workers, advocates, and allies welcome! Meeting ID: 977 6425 0291 Web: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/97764250291 Dial-In: +1 213 338 8477
January Meeting
Join us next Thursday at 6PM for our January General Meeting! Sex workers and allies welcome. Learn about what we’re doing and how you can get involved in the community!