About Our Work
Our research focuses on improving the wellbeing for people who provide virtual or in-person sexual acts or materials for financial compensation under a wide array of circumstances. We use the term people in the sex trades to broadly include people who are sex trafficked, sex workers, and people who engage in sex trades but do not identify with either term or phenomenon.
- We draw from anti-oppressive, intersectional paradigms to amplify the voices of minoritized people who trade sex, especially those whose perspectives are missed in research.
- We aim to inform and advance policies and programs to address vulnerabilities, inequities, and barriers like lack of resources, inability to access living wages, and harmful policies that are a result of misinformation and stereotypes.
- For more information, please see terminology.
Our Values
Our research centers:
- community engagement
- social justice
- harm reduction
- meaningful engagement
- inclusivity
- sharing diverse voices and perspectives
- equity