Clean Air Club is a Chicago org that supplies air purifiers for in-person events, but they also compile guides about various mitigation strategies. They’re on instagram and twitter. The easiest way to find all their guides is probably to check the Guides highlight on their instagram, but I’ve linked a few here. What To Do…
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COVID Safer Sex Work
Google doc guide specific for in-person workers.
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federal and state representative in LA we could find that: Sex Worker Rights are Human Rights, FOSTA/SESTA must be repealed, Sex Work is Work and Sex Work must be Decriminalized—begging them…
How to Build a Corsi-Rosenthal Box for Air Filtration
The Corsi-Rosenthal box was designed to provide significant reduction in the amount of virus-laden, aerosol particles that are in the air with just some home air filters and a box fan.
Authentic N95 and KN95 Masks
N95s and KN95s* work significantly better than cloth or surgical masks at preventing the spread of COVID-19. Each filters 95% of aerosol particulates when properly fitted (compared to 30-60% for cloth masks and 40-80% for surgical masks). Head strap masks generally work better than the ones with ear loops as the head straps create a…
Fall Updates From SWOP LA!
HAPPY (almost) AUTUMN! Did you miss us last month? While we may have missed our August newsletter, it was certainly not for lack of content! Now, we’re back, and we have so much to share with you. Read on to catch up on everything we’ve been doing with our community for the past two months. ❤️…
Support the Growth of SWOPLA!
Hi friends! I wanted to reach out promote SWOPLA’s Annual Fund! SWOP LA has been able to accomplish a lot over the past couple years, and we want to continue fulfilling our vision and growing our capacity to influence change! Recently we’ve published SWer-vetted Mpox info, conducted a completely SWer-run study of parents who work…
We Are Still Here. SWOPLA July Newsletter
Happy July! We’ve made it over half way through the year! I hope you’ll all join me by taking in a huge breath and letting go of some of the heaviness I know we’ve all been feeling these past few weeks. Despite the Supreme Court’s heinous decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, we are still here and…
Happy Pride! SWOPLA June Newsletter
Happy Pride Month! This month we have a lot to celebrate! We want to take a moment to honor and hold sacred the Queer sex workers that have pioneered, and are currently leading, the liberation of sex workers, Queer folks, and everyone in between. This month, and every month, we hope you’ll join us in…
Mpox Info
More bad news, sorry. You’ve probably heard by now that there has been an mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, outbreak in the US. The current outbreak was first detected among men who have sex with men, which has led institutions and people to frame mpox as an STI that primarily concerns the LGBTQ+ community. Mpox…