Oakland put up barricades. A cop went undercover as a sex worker. There's a new "survivor fund" that grows every time someone gets arrested. None of it is a coincidence - it all traces back to one law: AB379. Here's the story.
Starting Valentine’s Day 2026, BAWS will proudly begin hosting the Bay Area Bad Date List on our website. The BDL is a crucial community-based violence intervention tool, and a database where SWers can make anonymous…
BAWS is updating our resource guides, and we need your help! As a peer-run mutual aid organization, we depend on community involvement to create and maintain these valuable resources that support sex workers and the…
Our mutual aid fund began five years ago, in May 2018, after the Fosta-Sesta legislation was passed. We increased our funding at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and over the past three years alone, we have given out…
A public health update for our beloved community, who is currently vulnerable to MPV due to the way viruses spread through *social and sexual networks* not due to any inherent biological difference or stigmatized sexual…
2020 was a big year for our Mutual Aid Program. During the pandemic, we fundraised and distributed over 500 grants. We created harm-reduction information for sex workers and connected our community with essential health…
