Jun 16, 2022
Sex Worker Rights, Domestic Violence & Gendered Violence Download a PDF of this information to print as double sided 4 x 6″ cards. Part 1 and Part 2. Sex worker rights underly foundational rights that are critical for women. Laws that criminalize sex workers and...
Jan 9, 2021
Savannah Sly | National Co-Coordinator Savannah Sly is a career sex worker based in Seattle who embraces the arts as a medium for change. As a long time political advocate for sex workers rights, Sly has collaborated with others to produce panels, performances,...
Jan 9, 2021
Mx. Pucks A’Plenty National Co-Coordinator & City Coordinator for Seattle Mx. Pucks A’Plenty is the Director of Junk in da Trunk, the Michelle Obama of Burlesque, and Seattle’s Own Mxtress of Thiccness! Pucks is the founder and co-producer behind...
Jan 8, 2021
TS Candii | New York City Coordinator I’m founder of Black Trans Nation leader of Decrimny & Walking While Trans public-speaker, public-figure, pro-politics, organizer, activist, and film-producer working on the documentary POLICING OUR BODIES has given me a...
Jan 8, 2021
Vanessa Warri Vanessa Warri is a Nigerian-American community-based researcher, strategist, and advocate, committed to the liberation, empowerment, and safety of Black transgender women, queer and transgender people of color, and all communities existing at the various...
Jan 7, 2021
Samantha Jo-Dato | Consultant & Advisor in San Francisco Samantha Jo-Dato’s a humanitarian, author, philanthropist, freedom fighter, and bridge-builder who is originally from Atlantic City, NJ. Sami Jo has found it important to bring with her the voices for all...
Jan 6, 2021
Danyell New Orleans City Coordinator Danyell (she/they) is a queer femme born and raised on the Gulf Coast. In pre-pandemic times, she was known for carrying around tubs of glitter, bringing entire cakes to Mardi Gras parades, and collaborating in backyard theater...
Jan 4, 2021
Brodin Petrichor Brodin Petrichor is a former military officer turned leftist videographer/photographer. He co-runs the Burning Man camp Electric Sheep, which focuses on eccentric performance art. With Sierra Cirque, Brodin Petrichor won first place for...
Jan 4, 2021
Sierra Cirque Sierra Cirque is a Seattle-based sex worker and artist/activist, highly motivated by adventures and resisting the kyriarchy. With Brodin Petrichor, Sierra Cirque won first place for #OldProProject’s San Francisco Art...
Jan 4, 2021
Vandell Vandell is a southern queer and genderqueer organizer who was brought into community resistance and empowerment work in their youth. Their movement roots instilled the love of storytelling and self-discovery as an act of resistance. They center black,...
Jan 4, 2021
Lessa Millet Lessa Millet is a filmmaker and animator. Their work is a mix of hand crafted animation and stylized live action. Born in Barcelona, they relocated to New York City in 2006, where they first learned about animation, art and pizza. In 2016, they packed all...
Dec 9, 2020
The Old Pro Project Art Contest – San Francisco The Oldest Profession podcast seeks to advance sex workers rights by elevating the stories of amazing sex workers from history. The Oldest Profession Podcast will be hosting an art competition to tell the stories of two...
Dec 8, 2020
Jacqueline Hyde | Seattle Contributor Jacqueline Hyde, international entertainer and cosmetologist, has graced stages worldwide since 2005 and formally launched her beauty division in 2020. Jacqueline Hyde Beauty & Barber was born out of her love of Ayurvedic...
Dec 8, 2020
COVID-19, Masks & Burlesque in Seattle COVID-19 protocol and procedures are a fact of life right now. Making sure we have safety guidelines in place is a huge priority for us as we prepare to start shooting the Seattle project. Part of preparing for filming has...
Dec 6, 2020
Storyboard | Seattle Stepping out of our comfort zone is part of the magic in the creative process. When taking on the Seattle City Coordinator position I wasn’t sure what direction I wanted to go in, but I knew it was going to involve dance and movement. I also...
Nov 25, 2020
Katherine | Play Your Part Seattle Panelist Katherine, who occasionally prefers the honorific Mistress, is a Professional Dominatrix, Kink Educator, and Relationship Coach, specializing in alternative sexuality, open relationship models, and self acceptance. Like Mae...
Nov 25, 2020
Cory | Play Your Part Seattle Panelist Cory is a transmasculine Adventure Consultant, kinky companion, arts worker, and harm reductionist. Cory is a panelist for the Play Your Part Seattle’s production of Mae West’s Sex, a play with music that explores the...
Nov 25, 2020
Melissa Maven (Mistress M) | Play Your Part Seattle Panelist Melissa Maven (Mistress M) is a sensual dominatrix, educator, sex worker activist and digital artist living in Portland, Oregon. She loves riding her bike to find hidden treasures, petting all the cats,...
Nov 24, 2020
Tiffany Diane Tso | New York Tiffany Diane Tso is a journalist and producer based in Brooklyn. She has covered sex work and sex work activism in New York City; her work covering topics surrounding identity, culture, advocacy, and policy has been published in print and...
Nov 24, 2020
Kate Zen | New York Kate Zen is a sex worker activist and co-founder of Red Light Reader, a sex worker book club, podcast, and online writing workshop, originally hosted at the Bluestockings feminist bookstore in NYC. worked with #OldProProject in New...
Nov 23, 2020
Synamin Vixen | Artist in New Orleans Synamin Vixen is “skinny with plenty and tall with it all!” This tall tree has been stimulating the moistening reflexes of audiences for a little over two years, and has been circulating through the dance world for over...
Nov 23, 2020
May West’s Sex | Play Your Part Seattle We’re partnering with Play Your Part Seattle for their upcoming production of Mae West’s Sex, a play with music that explores the lives of sex workers in the 1920s. Originally shut down for obscenity after its...
Nov 23, 2020
Haymarket Pole Collective Cat Hollis — a member of the team working on #OldProProject in Portland — is involved with an incredible COVID-19 relief grant being distributed by Haymarket Pole Collective in Portland, Oregon. The Oregon Health Authority recently awarded a...
Nov 22, 2020
Joaquin Remora | San Francisco Joaquin Remora is a friend of sex workers and the trans community, in the fight for black and indigenous liberations. Joaquin Remora worked with #OldProProject in San...
Nov 19, 2020
Janetta Louise Johnson Janetta Louise Johnson is the Executive Director at at Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project. She is a formerly incarcerated Black transgender woman and has been an activist and advocate in the transgender communities since...
Nov 19, 2020
Stephany Ashley Stephany Ashley (she/her) is a housing, homelessness, and sex worker advocate who is currently working at Brilliant Corners to expand access to affordable housing and emergency beds for folks experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. She was the ED...
Nov 17, 2020
Sam Skrimpz | Mural Artist in New Orleans I am a queer, non-binary, painter and muralist born and bred in Louisiana, currently living in New Orleans. I am endlessly inspired by the flora and fauna within landscapes and ecosystems, in particular that of my home state....
Nov 16, 2020
Ms. Briq House | Burlesque Goddess in Seattle As seen in 21st Century Burlesque Magazine’s 2018 Top 50, Autostraddle‘s 23 Black Queer & Trans Femmes to Follow as well as: The House of Knyle, Seattle Times, Time Magazine, and the cover of The Stranger...
Nov 12, 2020
Cat | Artist in Portland Cat Hollis is a lightskinned Black Sexworker based out of Portland, Oregon. As the founder of Haymarket Pole Collective, she has been fostering a grassroots movement towards safer and more equitable workspaces for sex workers of...
Nov 11, 2020
BOUD | Mural Artist in Portland Kathleen Mae Boudwin is a Portland-based artist from Seattle. They’ve been painting locally for the past five years and have had work shown with STROLL at the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art. Their vibrant, queer, psychedelic art...
Nov 11, 2020
Bad | Mural Artist in Portland I am a stripper, mother, and artist from Portland, OR. My art generally focuses on using symbolism and occultism to portray abstract ideas centered around my experiences of being a sex worker. I also draw directly from my own experiences...
Nov 11, 2020
Valentine | Photographer & Filmmaker in Portland Valentine is a 12 yr Black / Biracial sex worker who works as a photographer and networker while advocating for queer Black representation within the adult industry. Valentine is collaborating on #OldProProject in...
Nov 10, 2020
D’Monica Leone | Choreographer in Seattle D’Monica Leone is a zoo of artistry at its finest. As a model, MUA, Femme presenting burlesque performer and drag queen AND as the current reigning Seattle’s Queer Monarch, they are dedicated to...
Nov 10, 2020
Adra Boo | Songwriter & Singer in Seattle Seattle soul singer, emcee, teacher, Rain City Rock Camp Ladies Rock Camp Director, “Westminster Daddy” and auntie, Adra Boo, walks through walls. While some in the age look to construct boxes for others, Boo flouts these...
Nov 10, 2020
Saira Barbaric | Casting Coordinator in Seattle Saira Barbaric is a surrealist slut monster, a homegrown sex witch and a nonstop creator. They/he/she/ze strives to blend genders and bend genres with their creations to enable his/their audience to envision a future...
Nov 9, 2020
get involved in the Old Pro Project now » The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot –San Francisco Film Proposal A creative team in the Bay Area will be making a short film with the goal of bringing attention to The Compton’s Cafeteria riot of 1966 — a lesser known...
Nov 9, 2020
get involved in the Old Pro Project now » The Old Pro Project: Portland Local PDX artists BOUD and Bad will be creating a mural in honor of Ashley Moody, a trans sex worker of color who was a beloved member of the sex work community in Portland. Cat Hollis...
Jan 25, 2020
Zola Z. Bruce, MSSW | New York Zola is a social worker, activist and artist who focuses on helping people to create the life they want in all aspects of their career. Originally from Dallas, TX, they moved to New York to attend Sarah Lawrence College to study...
Jan 19, 2020
Seattle’s #OldProProject music video for “Been Around (Since the Old Days)” is dedicated to Allena Gabosch. The Joy of Allena Gabosch March 25, 1953 – November 25, 2020 Allena Gabosch was a powerful force in creating and fostering sex positive culture in...
Jan 19, 2020
Sophia Sky As 2014 came to a close, Allena Gabosch designated Sophia Sky as her heir to the role of Executive Director to the Pan Eros Foundation. She said that she could think of no better hands to pass the organization into upon her retirement. Since then, Sophia...
Jan 17, 2020
Sarah | San Francisco Art Contest Winner Sarah is an outreach worker for a syringe exchange and has done sex work for her entire adult life. In her free time, she volunteers for a community fridge program and writes letters to incarcerated pen pals. This year, she...
Jan 17, 2020
Zoe Colmenares | San Francisco Art Contest Winner My name is Zoe Colmenares and I’m an entertainer/artist who is based out of New Orleans. I’ve been creating since a young age but picked it up seriously in 2011 when I first started taking art classes. I use social...
