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.

Holiday Party!!! Thursday, December 10th @6pm

Join the clinic staff and community for our annual Holiday Diner Party at the clinic.  We will have a fun filled evening with food, spirit-free drinks and small gifts for the New Year. Location: 1372 Mission Street @10th When: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:00pm-8:00pm

Strategic Planning Community Survey

If you have not had a chance to complete our survey, please take a few minutes and give us your opinions. This helps us with our strategic planning process. Thank you for taking your time to complete this survey. It takes less than 8 minutes...really!!! Click Here to take survey

Strategic Planning Community Survey

We are in the process of evaluating our services so we can make improvements.  This involves a brief survey that will help us in the process.  Thank you for taking your time to complete this survey. It takes less than 8 minutes...really!!! Click Here to take survey

A Folsom twist on Twister

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 ...

From our friends at the Desiree Alliance: Las Vegas, 2010

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 ...

Hos, Hookers, Call Girls & Rent Boys

If you missed the readings of this book last week at Center for Sex and Culture, or  at A Different Light, you can still catch one on Tuesday, August 4th at 7pm at Modern Times --888 Valencia St San Francisco. Join Dr. Carol Queen, Lorelei Lee, Al Eros, Lilycat, Diana Morgaine, ...

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 ...

St. James does RenegadeCast

In 2008, Naomi, Melissa, Robyn, and Sadie began working on RenegadeCast together. This episode is the first from that collaboration, recorded at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Robyn and Melissa talk about what it was like to meet sex worker activists from around the world, what we’ve learned ...

International Sex Worker Rights Day

The 3rd of March is International Sex Worker Rights Day. The day originated in 2001 when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a sex worker festival. The organizers, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a Calcutta based group whose membership consists of somewhere upwards of 50,000 sex workers and members ...

Sex workers do Harm Reduction, Part II

What is the harm in sex work? Sex workers and allies explain that criminalization and wrong-headed policy approaches are the problem. Sex work is positive, it's the policy framework that causes harm. What is "harm reduction" for sex workers then? Health services, needle exchange, distribution of condoms... along with fighting ...

January 19th 2010
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The feds lifted the ban on NEX; finally!

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 ...
January 13th 2010
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Clinic is OPEN for 2010

After a restful Holiday break, the clinic is back open for services.  We have some fun things planned for 2010, including a sexy Valentines Party fun-raiser. Come back and visit soon for cool updates. Meanwhile, below is a reminder of our current services and hours: Drop-In Needle Distribution & Disposal Tuesdays: 3-6pm Drop-In ...
December 25th 2009
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Closed for Services

In keeping with our tradition, the clinic will be closed for services the last two week of December. This gives the staff a much needed respite to practice personal harm reduction, kindness and self-care.  We also use this valuable time to plan for any changes for the New Year. With the ...
December 18th 2009
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“A Nightmare Before Christmas” Benefiting St. James Infirmary this Sunday December 20th, 4pm @Aunt Charlie’s 133 Turk Street

December 15th 2009
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December 17th is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

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 11th 2009
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Closed for Services

In keeping with our tradition, the clinic will be closed for services the last two week of December. This gives the staff a much needed respite to practice personal harm reduction, kindness and self-care.  We also use this valuable time to plan for any changes for the New Year. With the ...

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