The Naked Truth for Sex Industry Workers & Friends

05/09/2025

NPA issues directive to prosecutors not to enroll new cases

05/09/2025

29/07/2025

Rapid Fundraising for Rapid documentation: we need R9000

Please help us make sure that marginalised people are getting the HIV services they need

Five NGOs serving Key Pops in Cape Town have formed a Collective to advocate on behalf of Key Populations. We have initiated a rapid research project to capture the experiences of Key Populations, but we don't have any funding to administer it.

A R300 donation will support a fieldworker for a day, reaching people who may have fallen out of care.

Why do we need your donation?
The United States has cut funding to a number of HIV organisations without warning. These funding cuts are impacting key populations - s*x workers, the LGBTI community, people who use drugs and migrants in particular.

Civil society advocacy organisations who support these groups are under severe financial strain and are battling to cushion the impact of the funding cuts on their communities.

It is vital for NGOs to document how Key Populations are being impacted by the funding cuts, many of whom were getting their HIV medicines from NGO clinics that have now closed.

You can help by sponsoring peer fieldworkers to document the stories of Key Populations in Cape Town, and to ensure that people who have fallen out of care, are helped.

What will we do with your donation?
The Collective will use your donation to pay fieldworkers a stipend, and to pay for some of their costs. The information we gather will help us to engage the Department of Health and to advocate for emergency measures to support access to health care for Key Populations.

The fieldworkers are peers who have lost their jobs as a result of the funding cuts.

You can pay any amount into the SWEAT bank account SWEAT; Standard Bank; Account no: 071194614; Branch: 051001 (Ref: US funding cut) or use SWEAT's GivenGain portal:
https://www.givengain.com/campaign/sweat

29/07/2025

“I want to be respected for my choices, not punished for them.”

S*x workers deserve respect, safety, and dignity—just like everyone else. Criminalisation only fuels stigma, violence, and fear.

🟥 It’s time to stop punishing people for trying to work, exist & live.

✊🏾 SWEAT continues to advocate for the full decriminalisation of s*x work in South Africa. Stand with us.

*xWorkIsWork *xworkers

Asijiki Coalition Sisonke

27/04/2025

There’s no real freedom while s*x work is criminalised.
📢Decriminalise s*x work.
📢Protect rights.
📢Save lives.
🇿🇦 *xWork

24/01/2025

FREE WEBINAR FOR SW! Prepare to become A NEW PERSON in 90 minutes or less. This empowering webinar briefly uncovers the dangers of burnout in the adult industry and offers practical strategies to manage it. Then, we dive into personal development and discover mindset exercises to improve mental health and well-being in our work. This webinar is hosted by Imperfectly You, funded by SWPDFund, and presented by Annie Temple! (That's me.) I hope you can come! 

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

11 AM PST

Register Here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eoJ8_irDQ_-VP7UQtcX8bA #/

29/11/2024

🗣 Join us for the webinar on how the law can support or restrict S*x Workers' Rights on December 3rd at 10 a.m.

On International S*x Workers' Rights Day, join us to hear from feminist criminologist Lynzi Armstrong (Victoria University of Wellington) on her new report, which explores the experiences of s*x workers in Scotland, New Zealand, and the Republic of Ireland, and representatives from S*x Workers' Rights organisations on why the current law in Northern Ireland is harmful.

Email Danielle to register danielleereclaimtheagenda.org.

29/11/2024

There are four types of conflicts in stories: Man vs. Man; Man vs. Society; Man vs. Nature; and Man vs. Self. If you struggle with being friend-zoned more often than not, it isn't another man, society, or even nature that is holding you back. You must confront your SELF. This is the conflict you must overcome. I don't say this lightly. The reason I know is because I have had to face my SELF too.

When I was suddenly disabled by a pharmaceutical injury in my 30's, I completely lost all sense of who I was. Pre-illness I saw myself as an energetic mom with a clean house who volunteered for her daughter's school and was an activist for s*x worker rights. If you asked me to tell you who I was, I would have listed these things and more. But when all of these things were suddenly taken away from me, I couldn't tell you who I was because I didn't know anymore. I had to learn what really defined me were the things that could not be taken away from me. I did the work I needed to do and now I know exactly who I am. Not only that, but I LOVE who I am. You can love yourself too.

Self-concept is always important to address with my coaching clients. First, we flesh out who you really are. Using some simple exercises, I take you through a process to get to know yourself and become the man you are truly meant to be. If this alone doesn't transform your life, I will be very surprised. After you start the process of becoming your highest self, I take you through some other powerful exercises and help you institute some simple practices in your life (that cost nothing) to start reaching for and achieving goals that seemed impossible before. I help you to incorporate philosophies and inner knowledge that were never taught to you before. This is a game changer not just for dating but for every aspect of your life. Reach out to learn more.

Read more: How to Get Out of the Friend Zone
https://www.annietemple.com/blog/how-to-get-out-friend-zone

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29/11/2024

Join us Monday, Dec 2nd @ 1108 H St NE from 4pm to 6pm to have a community conversation about opioids.

See y’all there!