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Mission
Sin City Alternative
Professionals' Association (SCAPA) acts to create a warm and
caring environment in which those who choose to perform erotic
work may advance their skills, knowledge, and safety, while
fostering a sense of pride in their work.
SCAPA is an affiliate of SWOP-USA,
which focuses on improving the lives of sex industry workers by
promoting safety, dignity and diversity in sex work and fosters
an environment that affirms individual choices, occupational
rights, and self-esteem.
What We Do
We are dedicated to providing local sex
workers with resources they will find useful, a community of
like-minded individuals with whom to collaborate, and workshops
to impart useful skills and knowledge.
What We Believe
SCAPA believes that all people who choose to
work in adult and alternative professions deserve human and
labor rights like any other employees or workers. SCAPA
encourages safety, risk avoidance, and safer sex practices, as
well as pride in work and an honest work ethic. We believe all
rights carry with them responsibilities, and that workers should
be responsible, honest workers.
We also realize that this form of work is not
for everyone, and encourage those who believe it is unproductive
in their lives to exit safely. (Please see
Support for
resources on doing so.)
How to contact us: info@swop-lv.org
SCAPA is an organization dedicated to serving
the greater Las Vegas area alternative professionals population. Our site is
intended to be a valuable resource for both women and men who
provide adult services, including exotic dancers, massage and
body workers, escorts, phone sex operators, and
Southern Nevada brothel workers.
We will offer a political voice to the significant-
yet often side-lined and marginalized- community of sex workers
in Las Vegas and surrounding areas. The social stigma that tends to accompany this
kind of work means that all too often our voices are silenced.
We aim to remedy that by uniting to bring our voices to the
table in order to help shape policies that affect us all.
We also offer resources that sex workers will
find valuable, such as links* to sex worker-friendly lawyers,
accountants, and financial advisers. We provide links to
counselors, life coaches, and people who provide childcare to
busy single parents. SCAPA is also ready to offer alternative
professionals a healthcare plan and/or a group insurance
plan.
We offer workshops on financial planning,
investing, lobbying, buying a home, confidence-building, and
much more.
Being an erotic service provider can be lonely,
alienating work. We have monthly get-togethers, at which you can
meet your fellow workers and forge community and friendship.
Check our calendar
often for updates on these and other events. And feel free to
contact us and have your own event
added to our calendar.
Join our list serve to find out what is going on
with SCAPA. We look forward to welcoming you!
SCAPA is the independent Las
Vegas chapter of
the Sex Workers' Outreach Project (SWOP), which
focuses on improving the lives of sex industry workers by
promoting safety, dignity, and diversity in sex work and fosters
an environment that affirms individual choices, occupational
rights, and self-esteem.
SCAPA is also a member of the
Desiree Alliance
Please note that this site is still under
construction, and many pages are still empty. To contact SCAPA, please email: info@swop-lv.org
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