The St. James Infirmary is a peer-based occupational health and safety clinic for Sex Industry workers and their current partners. We are seeking a part-time Grants Development Coordinator who can lead the agency in our grant writing and other related fundraising activities throughout the year. The Grants Development Coordinator is ...
January 19th 2010
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After two decades, the US Congress has voted to lift a ban on federal funding of needle exchange programs in December. This historic decision signals a new area for harm reduction in the United States.
Why it Matters
Celebration of the Federal Needle Exchange funding ban LIFT!
& Emergency CA Needle Exchange ...
December 15th 2009
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Sex Workers Host A Remembrance Gathering & a Solidarity Stroll for the
7th International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
Contact: Kimberlee Cline
Phone: 877-776-2004 ext. 2
Email: press(at)swopusa(dot)org
This December 17th marks the 7th annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Events are being planned in over two dozen countries and ...
December 5th 2009
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The St. James Infirmary is pleased to announce a newly published article by the SWEAT Study. The Sex Work Environmental Assessment Team (SWEAT Study) was a collaborative study between the University of California San Francisco and the St. James Infirmary. This study sought to examine the working conditions and sexual ...
November 30th 2009
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This year, our Executive Director, Naomi Akers will be presenting on issues specific to sex workers in the U.S., the St. James Infirmary model and removing barriers to HIV prevention and treatment. The theme of the event is HIV, Human Rights, Universal Access and Marginalized Populations. This event will also ...
November 16th 2009
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Come out and help support St. James Infirmary this Sunday at the Eagle Tavern's Sunday Beer Bust!
$10 gets you all the beer you can drink from 3-6pm plus food! Bring your friends, enjoy the huge outdoor patio & all the hot men, men, MEN!!!
Eagle Tavern
398 12th St.
San Francisco, Ca 94103
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October 28th 2009
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From Sex Worker's Project website...
Call your legislators today! (Numbers below)
The Rhode Island legislature is currently considering a bill, HB5044A, which would recriminalize indoor prostitution. The main justification being offered for passage of the bill is that it is absolutely necessary to prevent and address trafficking into prostitution. Sex Worker Project's ...
B.ay A.rea R.eporter
October 1, 2009
"Race Cooper plants his tongue on Tony Aziz's nipple during a game of "Nearly Naked Twister" at the Folsom Street Fair Sunday, September 27. Warm weather brought out throngs of people to the leather and fetish extravaganza. The popular Twister game (with a kinkier twist) was ...
Taking the Pledge is a 13-minute film featuring sex workers from Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Mali, Thailand and more! They describe the problems created by the 'anti-prostitution pledge' required to receive USAID and PEPFAR funds.
In English, Khmer, Thai, French, Portuguese and Bengali, with English subtitles. Watch in full-screen mode to ...
The Desiree Alliance is pleased to announce that our upcoming National Sex Worker Conference will be in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada, July 25th - 30th, 2010.
The process for choosing Las Vegas as our next conference site was a lengthy one, that first involved a broadly distributed community survey that revealed the ...
