We are recruiting volunteers to help us maintain the space we use for our in-person meetings. We are open to variable tasks and time availability. If you have been looking for a way to help out or get involved with SWOPLA, this is it! Choose the tasks you want to help out with, along with…
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First General Meeting of 2026
Join us Thursday January 15 6-8pm PT for our first 2026 General Meeting. We would love to have you! General meetings are open to everyone, not just members. They are a great opportunity to learn about what SWOPLA is currently involved in and the many ways to volunteer with us. đź”— in bio to attend!…
Valentines Feature: SW4SW Love
Are you in a SW4SW partnership (romantic, platonic, or otherwise) and want to be featured on the SWOPLA Instagram this February for our series on SW4SW love? Click the link in bio and complete the form, and we may select your story to be highlighted! We are open to all types of relationships (platonic, romantic,…
SWOPLA Munch January 2026
Looking to connect and build community in 2026? Join us for our first munch of the new year! Join us Thursday January 8 for our monthly SWer Munch in Los Angeles! Our munches are open to current and former SWers only. Email swopla.services@proton.me to register. https://ift.tt/5TrQqFB https://instagr.am/p/DTBIBKiDt5q/
November 13 SWer Munch in Los Angeles!
Looking to connect and build community? Join us Thursday November 13, for our monthly SWer Munch in Los Angeles! Our munches are open to current and former SWers only. Email swopla.services@proton.me to register https://ift.tt/B5Pq3gK https://instagr.am/p/DQsANyHkhcq/
Statement Regarding Recent Sex Trafficking Operation Arrests by the U.S. Department of Justice
Statement from the Sex Worker Outreach Project Los Angeles (SWOPLA) Regarding Recent Sex Trafficking Operation Arrests by the U.S. Department of Justice on the Figueroa Corridor August 15th, 2025 The Sex Worker Outreach Project Los Angeles (SWOPLA) is a sex worker–led harm reduction and advocacy organization. For over seven years, we have conducted twice-monthly…
Senate Public Safety Committee Testimony
Click here to help stop AB379! On June 10, 2025 SWOP LA’s own Ashley Madness testified in front of the California Senate Public Safety Committee to speak out about AB379. The committee reviews and studies legislation related to criminal procedure, the Penal Code, and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Why should you be concerned…
SWOPLA Five-Year Update!
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…
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…