Boston Sex Workers and Allies Collective (BSWAC)
@bostonswac.bsky.social
Collective of sex workers and allies in Boston fighting for the full decriminalization of sex work in Massachusetts ☂️
www.bswac.org
We appreciate donations!
https://donorbox.org/bswac
CashApp: $bostonswac
Contact us: bostonswac @ gmail dot com
www.bswac.org
We appreciate donations!
https://donorbox.org/bswac
CashApp: $bostonswac
Contact us: bostonswac @ gmail dot com
We had the best time tabling at Fist Boston on Monday! I’m told that someone passed out because of how sexy our asses were 🍑
September 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
We had the best time tabling at Fist Boston on Monday! I’m told that someone passed out because of how sexy our asses were 🍑
This weekend, we reached ~25 people with our street outreach at Mass & Cass, giving out feminine products, condoms & lube, water, snacks, underwear, socks, and makeup.
It was harder to find people this week, as the police have been cracking down lately and pushing people into hiding.
It was harder to find people this week, as the police have been cracking down lately and pushing people into hiding.
September 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This weekend, we reached ~25 people with our street outreach at Mass & Cass, giving out feminine products, condoms & lube, water, snacks, underwear, socks, and makeup.
It was harder to find people this week, as the police have been cracking down lately and pushing people into hiding.
It was harder to find people this week, as the police have been cracking down lately and pushing people into hiding.
We testified at Cambridge city counsel to educate on the needs of sex workers in the city, emphasizing decriminalization so that workers can seek help without fear of arrest when they are victims of a crime. When sex workers are safer, we are all safer. 💞
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/06/24/d...
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/06/24/d...
July 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We testified at Cambridge city counsel to educate on the needs of sex workers in the city, emphasizing decriminalization so that workers can seek help without fear of arrest when they are victims of a crime. When sex workers are safer, we are all safer. 💞
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/06/24/d...
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/06/24/d...
Our first street outreach day at Mass & Cass was a success!
We saw ~25 people and gave out:
- 48 water bottles
- 46 chip bags
- ~50 condoms
- 25 makeup pieces
- ~10 outfits
Have something you’d like to donate for our next outreach day? Let us know! ❤️
We saw ~25 people and gave out:
- 48 water bottles
- 46 chip bags
- ~50 condoms
- 25 makeup pieces
- ~10 outfits
Have something you’d like to donate for our next outreach day? Let us know! ❤️
July 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Our first street outreach day at Mass & Cass was a success!
We saw ~25 people and gave out:
- 48 water bottles
- 46 chip bags
- ~50 condoms
- 25 makeup pieces
- ~10 outfits
Have something you’d like to donate for our next outreach day? Let us know! ❤️
We saw ~25 people and gave out:
- 48 water bottles
- 46 chip bags
- ~50 condoms
- 25 makeup pieces
- ~10 outfits
Have something you’d like to donate for our next outreach day? Let us know! ❤️
Join us tomorrow night at Central Square Theater for a post-show talk about Mrs. Warren’s Profession, a play about a former sex worker turned madam whose adult daughter confronts her about her work.
100 years after Bernard Shaw wrote this play, the issues it tackles remain just as relevant.
100 years after Bernard Shaw wrote this play, the issues it tackles remain just as relevant.
June 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Join us tomorrow night at Central Square Theater for a post-show talk about Mrs. Warren’s Profession, a play about a former sex worker turned madam whose adult daughter confronts her about her work.
100 years after Bernard Shaw wrote this play, the issues it tackles remain just as relevant.
100 years after Bernard Shaw wrote this play, the issues it tackles remain just as relevant.
We had an amazing time marching and tabling at Boston Pride and Dyke March this weekend! 🌈
We honored the mothers of our movement, Sylvia Rivera & Marsha P. Johnson, two trans sex workers who played key roles in the Stonewall riot that started Pride.
We were moved to tears by all the cheers ❤️☂️
We honored the mothers of our movement, Sylvia Rivera & Marsha P. Johnson, two trans sex workers who played key roles in the Stonewall riot that started Pride.
We were moved to tears by all the cheers ❤️☂️
June 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We had an amazing time marching and tabling at Boston Pride and Dyke March this weekend! 🌈
We honored the mothers of our movement, Sylvia Rivera & Marsha P. Johnson, two trans sex workers who played key roles in the Stonewall riot that started Pride.
We were moved to tears by all the cheers ❤️☂️
We honored the mothers of our movement, Sylvia Rivera & Marsha P. Johnson, two trans sex workers who played key roles in the Stonewall riot that started Pride.
We were moved to tears by all the cheers ❤️☂️
This week was International Whore’s Day! ☂️
In honor of all the sex workers who’ve fought for their rights, we’re asking you to write to your Massachusetts legislators to ask them to co-sponsor these bills for sex workers’ safety.
Go to bit.ly/SupportMASexWorkers 💕
In honor of all the sex workers who’ve fought for their rights, we’re asking you to write to your Massachusetts legislators to ask them to co-sponsor these bills for sex workers’ safety.
Go to bit.ly/SupportMASexWorkers 💕
June 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This week was International Whore’s Day! ☂️
In honor of all the sex workers who’ve fought for their rights, we’re asking you to write to your Massachusetts legislators to ask them to co-sponsor these bills for sex workers’ safety.
Go to bit.ly/SupportMASexWorkers 💕
In honor of all the sex workers who’ve fought for their rights, we’re asking you to write to your Massachusetts legislators to ask them to co-sponsor these bills for sex workers’ safety.
Go to bit.ly/SupportMASexWorkers 💕
Transition House, a domestic violence shelter in Cambridge, is seeking input from the community in response to the Cambridge brothel case.
We are concerned by the one-sided framing of the questions, and hope sex workers will be listened to. Share your input here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We are concerned by the one-sided framing of the questions, and hope sex workers will be listened to. Share your input here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Transition House, a domestic violence shelter in Cambridge, is seeking input from the community in response to the Cambridge brothel case.
We are concerned by the one-sided framing of the questions, and hope sex workers will be listened to. Share your input here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We are concerned by the one-sided framing of the questions, and hope sex workers will be listened to. Share your input here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Our member @jessicavanmeir.bsky.social had a letter published in the @bostonglobe.com yesterday!
Criminalizing clients puts us in danger - when clients are scared of arrest, we have fewer clients to choose from and have to lower our prices or accept dangerous clients who we would otherwise refuse.
Criminalizing clients puts us in danger - when clients are scared of arrest, we have fewer clients to choose from and have to lower our prices or accept dangerous clients who we would otherwise refuse.
May 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Our member @jessicavanmeir.bsky.social had a letter published in the @bostonglobe.com yesterday!
Criminalizing clients puts us in danger - when clients are scared of arrest, we have fewer clients to choose from and have to lower our prices or accept dangerous clients who we would otherwise refuse.
Criminalizing clients puts us in danger - when clients are scared of arrest, we have fewer clients to choose from and have to lower our prices or accept dangerous clients who we would otherwise refuse.
The @cambridgeday.com has confirmed what we suspected - the apartment in the Cambridge brothel case could be unlocked from the inside, debunking the government affidavit’s claim that the women were locked inside.
Cheers to responsible journalism 👏
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/03/27/s...
Cheers to responsible journalism 👏
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/03/27/s...
April 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The @cambridgeday.com has confirmed what we suspected - the apartment in the Cambridge brothel case could be unlocked from the inside, debunking the government affidavit’s claim that the women were locked inside.
Cheers to responsible journalism 👏
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/03/27/s...
Cheers to responsible journalism 👏
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/03/27/s...
Since the recent news about the Cambridge/Watertown brothel case, we’ve been calling for the public to listen to migrant sex workers.
This Saturday, you can! Join us for the launch of #NotYourRescueProject book, with leaders from Asian migrant sex worker collective Butterfly.
This Saturday, you can! Join us for the launch of #NotYourRescueProject book, with leaders from Asian migrant sex worker collective Butterfly.
April 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Since the recent news about the Cambridge/Watertown brothel case, we’ve been calling for the public to listen to migrant sex workers.
This Saturday, you can! Join us for the launch of #NotYourRescueProject book, with leaders from Asian migrant sex worker collective Butterfly.
This Saturday, you can! Join us for the launch of #NotYourRescueProject book, with leaders from Asian migrant sex worker collective Butterfly.
April 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Our next sex worker support group meeting is this Saturday in Jamaica Plain from 3-5pm!
Email us if you’re a current sex worker interested in joining.
Email us if you’re a current sex worker interested in joining.
March 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Our next sex worker support group meeting is this Saturday in Jamaica Plain from 3-5pm!
Email us if you’re a current sex worker interested in joining.
Email us if you’re a current sex worker interested in joining.
The Assistant US Attorney herself has stated that the women in this case were not being threatened or forced.
While we disagree with Han Lee’s lawyer that she was not a madam, being an employer of sex workers is not the same as sex trafficking.
apnews.com/article/mass...
While we disagree with Han Lee’s lawyer that she was not a madam, being an employer of sex workers is not the same as sex trafficking.
apnews.com/article/mass...
March 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Assistant US Attorney herself has stated that the women in this case were not being threatened or forced.
While we disagree with Han Lee’s lawyer that she was not a madam, being an employer of sex workers is not the same as sex trafficking.
apnews.com/article/mass...
While we disagree with Han Lee’s lawyer that she was not a madam, being an employer of sex workers is not the same as sex trafficking.
apnews.com/article/mass...
Two countries - New Zealand and Belgium - have fully decriminalized sex work and granted sex workers equal labor rights.
Other countries with “legalization” - like the Netherlands - only allow sex work in certain regulated premises, which keeps many sex workers criminalized.
Other countries with “legalization” - like the Netherlands - only allow sex work in certain regulated premises, which keeps many sex workers criminalized.
March 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Two countries - New Zealand and Belgium - have fully decriminalized sex work and granted sex workers equal labor rights.
Other countries with “legalization” - like the Netherlands - only allow sex work in certain regulated premises, which keeps many sex workers criminalized.
Other countries with “legalization” - like the Netherlands - only allow sex work in certain regulated premises, which keeps many sex workers criminalized.
As an escort, Anora also can’t call the police when she’s assaulted by several Russian henchmen. She knows she could be arrested herself for prostitution.
That’s why we’re fighting for decriminalization, and for amnesty laws to enable us to report crimes without fear of arrest.
That’s why we’re fighting for decriminalization, and for amnesty laws to enable us to report crimes without fear of arrest.
March 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
As an escort, Anora also can’t call the police when she’s assaulted by several Russian henchmen. She knows she could be arrested herself for prostitution.
That’s why we’re fighting for decriminalization, and for amnesty laws to enable us to report crimes without fear of arrest.
That’s why we’re fighting for decriminalization, and for amnesty laws to enable us to report crimes without fear of arrest.
But wait! Aren’t most people in the sex industry trafficked?
No. This is a myth. Although rates of trafficking in the sex industry are high, most of us aren’t trafficking victims.
Sex trafficking involves force, fraud, or coercion. Sex work is performed by consenting adults.
No. This is a myth. Although rates of trafficking in the sex industry are high, most of us aren’t trafficking victims.
Sex trafficking involves force, fraud, or coercion. Sex work is performed by consenting adults.
March 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
But wait! Aren’t most people in the sex industry trafficked?
No. This is a myth. Although rates of trafficking in the sex industry are high, most of us aren’t trafficking victims.
Sex trafficking involves force, fraud, or coercion. Sex work is performed by consenting adults.
No. This is a myth. Although rates of trafficking in the sex industry are high, most of us aren’t trafficking victims.
Sex trafficking involves force, fraud, or coercion. Sex work is performed by consenting adults.
Since then, the term has fostered global solidarity among sex workers, enabling us to fight for labor rights.
In 1992, the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) was founded to unite sex worker orgs around the world. Our movement has continued to grow since.
In 1992, the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) was founded to unite sex worker orgs around the world. Our movement has continued to grow since.
March 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Since then, the term has fostered global solidarity among sex workers, enabling us to fight for labor rights.
In 1992, the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) was founded to unite sex worker orgs around the world. Our movement has continued to grow since.
In 1992, the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) was founded to unite sex worker orgs around the world. Our movement has continued to grow since.
“Sex work” is an umbrella term which refers to any kind of sexual service, including prostitution (“full-service sex work”), stripping, pornography, dominatrices, or web-camming.
The term was invented by sex worker Carol Leigh around 1978 to combat more stigmatizing terminology.
The term was invented by sex worker Carol Leigh around 1978 to combat more stigmatizing terminology.
March 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“Sex work” is an umbrella term which refers to any kind of sexual service, including prostitution (“full-service sex work”), stripping, pornography, dominatrices, or web-camming.
The term was invented by sex worker Carol Leigh around 1978 to combat more stigmatizing terminology.
The term was invented by sex worker Carol Leigh around 1978 to combat more stigmatizing terminology.
Watched the Oscars and confused about Sean Baker & Mikey Madison shouting out “the sex worker community”?
Here’s an explanation, from actual sex workers 🧵
(Plus, what you won’t learn from Anora but ought to know)
Here’s an explanation, from actual sex workers 🧵
(Plus, what you won’t learn from Anora but ought to know)
March 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Watched the Oscars and confused about Sean Baker & Mikey Madison shouting out “the sex worker community”?
Here’s an explanation, from actual sex workers 🧵
(Plus, what you won’t learn from Anora but ought to know)
Here’s an explanation, from actual sex workers 🧵
(Plus, what you won’t learn from Anora but ought to know)
1. An Act to Promote the health and safety of people in the sex trade
This bill would decriminalize sex work, following recommendations from international human rights organizations like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the World Health Organization.
This bill would decriminalize sex work, following recommendations from international human rights organizations like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the World Health Organization.
March 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
1. An Act to Promote the health and safety of people in the sex trade
This bill would decriminalize sex work, following recommendations from international human rights organizations like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the World Health Organization.
This bill would decriminalize sex work, following recommendations from international human rights organizations like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the World Health Organization.
On International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, we want to share this poem by Raven Slander about the West End Sex Workers Memorial in Vancouver.
In honor of every SWer who is no longer with us, and every SWer who has faced violence because of who they are.
#IDEVASW
In honor of every SWer who is no longer with us, and every SWer who has faced violence because of who they are.
#IDEVASW
December 18, 2024 at 1:01 AM
On International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, we want to share this poem by Raven Slander about the West End Sex Workers Memorial in Vancouver.
In honor of every SWer who is no longer with us, and every SWer who has faced violence because of who they are.
#IDEVASW
In honor of every SWer who is no longer with us, and every SWer who has faced violence because of who they are.
#IDEVASW
Today is #GivingTuesday! If you want to support our work advocating for SWs in Massachusetts, we’d be grateful for your donation!
We’ll use these funds to create community care kits for vulnerable SWs in Boston, with harm reduction & hygiene supplies.
CashApp: $bostonswac
Or: donorbox.org/bswac
We’ll use these funds to create community care kits for vulnerable SWs in Boston, with harm reduction & hygiene supplies.
CashApp: $bostonswac
Or: donorbox.org/bswac
December 3, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Today is #GivingTuesday! If you want to support our work advocating for SWs in Massachusetts, we’d be grateful for your donation!
We’ll use these funds to create community care kits for vulnerable SWs in Boston, with harm reduction & hygiene supplies.
CashApp: $bostonswac
Or: donorbox.org/bswac
We’ll use these funds to create community care kits for vulnerable SWs in Boston, with harm reduction & hygiene supplies.
CashApp: $bostonswac
Or: donorbox.org/bswac
🚨 We’re hosting a Fascination takeover this Sunday at Dorchester Brewing Company rooftop from 4pm-8pm!
We’ll be fundraising for a community member in need, and we are encouraging a red dress code to show support for sex workers! BSWAC will receive a portion of the ticket sales 🚨
#boston
We’ll be fundraising for a community member in need, and we are encouraging a red dress code to show support for sex workers! BSWAC will receive a portion of the ticket sales 🚨
#boston
November 25, 2024 at 9:04 PM
🚨 We’re hosting a Fascination takeover this Sunday at Dorchester Brewing Company rooftop from 4pm-8pm!
We’ll be fundraising for a community member in need, and we are encouraging a red dress code to show support for sex workers! BSWAC will receive a portion of the ticket sales 🚨
#boston
We’ll be fundraising for a community member in need, and we are encouraging a red dress code to show support for sex workers! BSWAC will receive a portion of the ticket sales 🚨
#boston
Today on Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor all our trans and non-binary members, and we remember the trans sex worker activists who risked their lives to make our movement possible.
Carrying on their work is the greatest honor and most important fight of our lives. 🏳️⚧️ ☂️
Carrying on their work is the greatest honor and most important fight of our lives. 🏳️⚧️ ☂️
November 21, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Today on Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor all our trans and non-binary members, and we remember the trans sex worker activists who risked their lives to make our movement possible.
Carrying on their work is the greatest honor and most important fight of our lives. 🏳️⚧️ ☂️
Carrying on their work is the greatest honor and most important fight of our lives. 🏳️⚧️ ☂️