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Reading & ‘stacks: Addiction, Sex & Sexwork, Secrets, LGBT+
If you want to learn more about any of the things I talk about, if you need help getting clean, or just getting right with who you are, maybe you can find something here that can help. You’re not alone, if there’s a name for it, someone else did it before you…
Books for further reading (academic, historical, memoir & novels) about sexwork, addiction and Times Square: The Dirtygirl Diaries Reading List on Bookshop.org*.
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Addiction
The Small Bow
A Recovery Newsletter For Everyone
National Harm Reduction Coalition
Get practical resources to support people affected by drug use
Narcotics Anonymous
One addict helping another find freedom from active addiction
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
AA is a fellowship of people who come together to solve their drinking problem. It doesn’t cost anything to attend A.A. meetings, some are in person, others are on Zoom.
Crime
Tales from the Underworld
The past’s most chilling true crime stories are back with a modern twist
The Fortune Society
Help for folks with justice involvement to rebuild their lives, through innovative services & advocacy
FRAMED
Popular culture through the eyes of criminologist & awesome mixtapes
Secrets
Open Secrets
Personal essays about all we're taught to keep "secret."
Sex
AnnaGrams
Writing clips, dating/sex advice, book recs & freebies, other feel-good stuff
Jo Weldon: A Whore to Culture
The impact of Sex Work(ers) on fashion and culture
Tara Burns' Journal
Standing up to Live & Sitting Down to Write
Susie Bright's Journal
The woman Rolling Stone called "never boring."
Coyote RI's Substack
Current & former SWers & allies promoting health/safety in the industry
Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP)
Committed to the safety, autonomy & human rights of people in the sex trade
Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center
Legal advocacy to survivors of human trafficking and people who engage in sex work
The Red Umbrella Fund
First & only global fund dedicated to supporting the rights of sex workers
Feminist Magazine
Seven organizations working to decriminalize & destigmatize sex work
LGBTQ+
GLADD
Non-profit organization focused on LGBTQ advocacy and cultural change
Human Rights Campaign
Our goal is to ensure all LGBTQ+ people, trans, POC & HIV+, are treated as full and equal citizens within our movement, and around the world
The Trevor Project
Leading suicide prevention & crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ youth