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PDX Sex Worker Resource Project

Last updated Jun 2026

About

PDX Sex Worker Resource Project (PDX SWRP) is a Black- and Indigenous-led mutual aid group supporting people in the sex trades through direct cash assistance, material resources, and personalized advocacy, using harm-reduction and equity-centered approaches. Its Pink Van Project brings parenting supplies, hygiene items, Narcan, and harm-reduction tools directly to East County communities. It is explicitly inclusive of trans and LGBTQ workers. Reach them at pdxswrp@gmail.com or through the website.

Communities centered

BlackIndigenousTrans & nonbinaryLGBTQ+Sex worker-affirming

Services offered

Financial assistanceAdvocacyPeer supportRecovery & substance use

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