Zepp Wellness Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2019 by Raquel Savage, a Black queer sex worker and therapist, that centers the mental health and healing needs of Black queer folks, survivors and sex workers. All services are free to the community — Zepp currently provides in-person and online therapy, an online sex…
SWOPLA Online Peer Support Group
SWOP LA hosts a biweekly online peer support group for current and former sex workers. Our schedule can be found on our website calendar or on our Instagram @swopla. To get the zoom information, email lexiedelaluz@protonmail.com
Mutual Aid Network LA Resource Grid
A massive list of all different types of resources available in the Los Angeles area.
Doxxing Prevention Training
Training from Hacking//Hustling that goes over prevention, what to do if you’ve been doxxed, and additional data security resources. Doxxing Prevention Harm Reduction Training
International Whore’s Day is Coming! (and other news…)
Happy Spring! We want to extend a HUGE thank you to anyone who shared or donated to the LA Asian Migrant Sex Worker Outreach Fund Gofundme promoted in our last newsletter. Thanks to your support we have raised $5,595 in community funds! Your contributions (and an Incredibly generous $2000 grant from the Liberty Hill Foundation)…
Blog Post: March Updates!
Hi Friends! Can you belive its March already? While the year seems to be moving by quickly, here at SWOP LA we’ve been keeping busy with a number of projects in order to grow and nurture our community. Additionally, we continue to advocate for sex workers through legislation by supporting decrim efforts such as SB 357,…
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…
EARN IT Act of 2022
The EARN IT Act of 2022 is an attack on internet privacy that will lead to censorship of sex workers, LGBTQ+ people, and other marginalized groups Despite its proponents claims that the bill is about child safety, the EARN IT Act will actually make kids less safe and discourage platforms from taking action to protect…
West Hollywood votes on Massage Workers Rights Initiative
The City Council of West Hollywood is voting on a Massage Workers Rights and Safety Initiative today at their meeting. SWOP Los Angeles has submitted a letter in support of the item to be entered into public record, a copy of which is available below for use as a template for submitting your own letter.…
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…