St. James Infirmary provides compassionate and non-judgmental healthcare and social services for all sex workers while preventing occupational illnesses and injuries through a comprehensive continuum of services.

NEW REDUCED SERVICES

So this is not good news, but because of the budget cuts in the last 6 months, and a reduction in our grants and donations we are making some more changes to our services. Beginning July 14th we are reducing our Tuesday services as follows: NEX hours are now from 3-6pm, we ...

Budget Cuts-Hit the Infirmary HARD!

In November, the City of San Francisco and the California State Office of AIDS told us they would be cutting our contract funding due to the current economy.  With these 2 contracts we lost over $125,000 in funding.  Additionally, as most Foundations have endowments that are market driven, foundation giving ...

10 years, 700 guests, & $15,700–Cirque X, simply spectacular! Much love & gratitude!

To all the Volunteers & Performers- Well the event last night was so amazingly hot!! We sizzled at the door too.  Everyone who came out made the night so much fun and a very successful fundraiser.  As we just celebrated our 10th Year (can you believe that?), we are blessed to ...

June 5th, 2009–St. James Turns 10

[caption id="attachment_306" align="alignleft" width="265" caption="Design By Erin Crawford"][/caption] Like many non-profit organizations in San Francisco, St. James Infirmary has recently suffered mid-year budget cuts from our City and State contracts, and there may be additional cuts in July. While these budget cuts threaten our services to the sex worker community, they ...

The House of Garza Presents: OUT … AND ABOUT

A FUN AND SEXY FUNDRAISER FOR ST. JAMES INFIRMARY at CAFÉ FLORE on SATURDAY 21st from 8 to 11 pm. Please save the date and bring your friends. Hosted by Garza and co-host by Sister Gladys Pantzaroff, sponsored by BUMP from the San Francisco Department of Public Health With: BEBE SWEETBRIAR, PAJU MUNRO, ...

All You Need Is Love- Valentine’s Day

"Red Light District" presents: "All You Need is Love" Saturday the 14th of February in Revelation  9999999  $5-20 ATA - 992 Valencia @ 21st 4pm - 12am Featuring: Verbobala (Tucson/Mexico), Jeff Stroker, and Miss Bix Jordan plus the Is What!? peepshow if weather is fair.... V-Day at ATA with Crazy amount of LOVE & ...

Obama Nation Jan. 20th 8pm @ the Powerhouse!!

Join Hosts Sister Roma, BeBe Sweetbriar and Derrick Hanson for a fun-raiser of Presidential Proportions with a First Lady Drag Off. Where: Powerhouse 1347 Folsom @ Dore Alley. When: January 20th, after Obama gets sworn in, from 8pm-Midnight.

Volunteers Needed 4 Folsom

We are looking for people to help out St. James Infirmary and volunteer for a shift at Folsom Street Fair September 28, 2008!!! For St. James supporters with a darker dirtier side, this should be a perfect event for you to give of yourself and express your kinkier sides! For ...

August 29th 2010
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Eagle Beer Bust Benefits St. James Infirmary: Double Your Pleasure, Double Our Funds!

We are super excited to announce that this coming Sunday September 5th, (Labor Day Weekend!!), the Eagle Tavern will be hosting the St. James Infirmary for a wet and wild Beer Bust.  This means you buy a cup for $10 and get to drink as much beer ...
August 27th 2010
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Double Your Pleasure Double Our Funds! Beer Bust & Raffle…

We have a really fun events coming up SATURDAY AUGUST 28. If you are in SF, PLEASE come to this event and bring your friends!!! What's really great, is that not only are the beer busts a LOT of fun, 
but they ALL fall under St. James Infirmary's "MATCHING YOUR ...
August 19th 2010
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Nothing About Us Without Us: The Shared Goals of the Harm Reduction and Sex Worker Rights Movements

The above video and supplementary documents are designed to spark discussion and create inspiration for looking at the ways that peer-led groups providing support and services to sex workers in their communities can collaborate with harm reduction agencies. The materials were developed by a group of ...
August 2nd 2010
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Matching Your Devotion

On Monday, August 2nd, 2010, the St. James Infirmary is kicking off our Matching Your Devotion campaign and we want you to be a part of it!   We have received an extremely generous $10,000 matching grant; we have 2 months to match it and raise a whole lot more. Since ...
July 16th 2010
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St. James Infirmary publishes the 3rd Edition of our Sex Worker Occupational Health & Safety Handbook

The St. James Infirmary "Occupational Health and Safety Handbook, 3rd edition" is hot off the presses and better than ever! The first half of the book is devoted to harm reduction, health, safety and legal rights, and the second half has information for 720 local, national ...
June 29th 2010
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St. James Infirmary works with UNAIDS in Geneva on sex worker rights

Macklean from Uganda of the UNAIDS Global Working Group on Sex Work & HIV from Naomi Akers on Vimeo. In October 2009, the St. James Infirmary Executive Director was appointed to a Global Working Group on Sex Work and HIV Policy to UNAIDS. With its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, UNAIDS, the ...

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