STORM

STORM, a unit of project PROSPER believes in empowerment of individuals to make the choices that are right for them. We believe in providing information and resources from varying perspectives giving the viewer or organization client the options to choose the information that best suits their individual needs. Each person is the expert in their own lives. It is a core philosophy of STORM, a unit of project PROSPER, to seek only to facilitate each individuals process rather than attempt to determine what point of view is best for the individual. Please view and choose the information and resources that work best for you.

The following Organizations use a sex workers rights model.

EDUCATION & ADVOCACY

• Bayswan, San Francisco, CA This website, a project of BAYSWAN, is specifically geared towards sex workers as well as activists, students and faculty. BAYSWAN, Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network, is a collaborative project providing information for sex workers and about the sex industries. BAYSWAN links sex workers and others to resources provided by sex workers' organizations. Please follow the links above for information about specific industries. BAYSWAN organizes to improve working conditions, increase safety and services for workers, and to eliminate discrimination on behalf of individuals working within the sex industry.
• Stella, Montreal, PQ, Canada Welcome to Stella on-line. Stella, a community group where a majority of the employees and volunteers are sex workers or ex-sex workers, offers services to people who identify as women and work in the sex trade. Essentially, Stella's objectives are to offer support and information to female sex workers so that they may live and work safely and with dignity, to sensitize and education the general population on the realities of sex work, to fight discrimination against sex workers and to promote the decriminalization of sex work.
• Eminism.org Eminism.org is the web site for Emi Koyama, the activist/author/academic working on intersex, sex workers' rights, (queer) domestic violence, genderqueer, anti-racism, and other issues.
• Prostitutes Rights Organization is committed to changing the stigmatized view society holds towards prostitutes and removing the criminal penalties that disproportionately affect women through grassroots organizing and issue advocacy

HEALTH CARE PROJECTS

• St James Infirmary Offers free, confidential, nonjudgmental medical and social services for female, transgendered, and male sex workers. We are the first occupational safety and health clinic for sex workers anywhere run by and for sex workers!
• AIM Los Angeles, CA
• DIFFERENT AVENUES Washington DC, USA Different Avenues is a tax-exempt, non-profit agency located in northeastern Washington, DC. We provide services to youth and young adults, ages 12 to 30 years, who are homeless or living in insecure housing. Many of our clients are transgendered, gay, lesbian or bisexual. We also help youth who themselves are parents, as well as parents of youth. We work with people who engage in street survival strategies, including prostitution and sex for favors.