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.

August 1st 2012
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Condoms as Evidence against Sex Workers is Bad Police Practice

é In San Francisco and other cities across the US, possession of condoms, condom wrappers and conversations about safe sex are used as evidence against sex workers to justify arrest for prostitution and prostitution related charges. The routine use of condoms as a tool to violate our basic human ...
September 27th 2010
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VAMP takes on documentary film-maker

At the St. James Infirmary, we frequently get asked by researchers and students to do research with our participants. In the past, we have seen this arrangement abused by people who come from outside the sex worker community to gain access into a marginalized group for their own gain. ...
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 ...
February 16th 2010
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Featured Website: Sex Workers Project

For some really cool resources and publications check out this fabulous website. About the Sex Workers Project Using human rights and harm reduction approaches, the Sex Workers Project (SWP) protects and promotes the rights of individuals who engage in sex work, regardless of whether they do so by choice, circumstance, or ...
December 5th 2009
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Newly Published Article From the SWEAT Study

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 14th 2009
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House of Garza Presents: Action!

ACTION! A Cocktail Party hosted by GARZA with special guests and local artists. Benefiting St. James Infirmary @ CAFE FLORE 2298 Market Street in the Castro. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14th, 9 to 11 pm Come show your support, learn about HIV research and the HIV vaccine trials and have some fun!
November 5th 2009
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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
October 19th 2009
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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
March 8th 2009
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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 ...
September 23rd 2008
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Will SF voters decriminalize prostitutes this November?

This November, San Francisco voters can decriminalize prostitution in our City by voting Yes on Proposition K. St. James Infirmary is against the criminalizing of sex workers for their profession. Regardless of how sex workers got to their current job, being criminalized is a social injustice with serious public health ...

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May 22nd 2013
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The 8th Biennial San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival

The 8th Biennial San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival May 18th — 26th, 2013 Multiple venues: Roxie Cinema; Center for Sex & Culture; Agency Locations-St. James Infirmary; CAL-PEP. Schedule Since 1999 the San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival has provided a forum for sex worker film and video makers ...
May 16th 2013
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Twenty Years of Giving Sex Workers A Voice

A Guest Post by Johanna Breyer & Dawn Passar, Co-Founders of the Exotic Dancers Alliance and St. James Infirmary: On May 15, 1993, over 30 dancers from Market Street Cinema in San Francisco attended a meeting to discuss working conditions at the strip club. That meeting initiated a movement that would ...
May 15th 2013
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Tom Orr’s Love for $ale: Hookers with Hearts of Gold benefiting St. James Infirmary

Back by popular demand, San Francisco's "Musical Comedy Cabaret Porn Star" and award-winning lyricist Tom Orr presents "Love For $ale: Hookers with Hearts of Gold" featuring music, burlesque, performance art performed to your favorite Hooker Show Tunes in this a benefit for the St. James Infirmary, our sex worker occupational ...
April 22nd 2013
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“Condoms are NOT a crime! Use them every time.”

As you may already know, St. James Infirmary has been working for the past several years to end the policy of the SFPD and SFDA of using condoms as evidence against sex workers and transgendered communities. After a 180 evaluation period, the SFDA has agreed to not use condoms as ...
March 28th 2013
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Holistic Services NOW on Thursday

We are pleased to offer Holistic services by appointment and drop-in on Thursday afternoons from 1:30-4pm.  Call to make an appointment or just drop by: (415) 554-9634 Holistic services are also offered during our drop-in clinic on Wednesday nights from 6-9pm. St. James Infirmary is located at 1372 Mission Street @10th Street, ...
March 14th 2013
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Outreach Team Info Session Saturday 3/16/13 2-4pm

Do you have experience working in the sex industry?  Are you looking for a volunteer gig to pass the time, beef up your resume, learn new tricks, or just give back to your community? Well then we have the answer for all that and more. We need your help to get ...

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