Oregon Safer Workers Coalition
OSWC addresses health and economic disparities among the intersection of women, queers, and trafficking survivors in Oregon. We are a research-backed peer support network of current and former adult industry workers and allies. We offer direct supplies to our most marginalized community members and direct action with harm reduction methods to promote safety and equity.
community meetings
SWs *only* meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month, 5:30-6:30pm PST.
SW & Allies meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month, 5:30-6:30pm PST.
To participate in meetings, please email us at outreach@oregonswc.org.
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OSWC Programs
Harm Reduction
Our goal is to provide low-barrier education and resources to reduce harm in our communities and beyond. We primarily do so by distributing harm reduction supplies (Narcan, liquid naloxone, fentanyl test strips, Plan B, and Covid tests). Last year, with donations from the OSWC Community, 37 community care backpacks were distributed in partnership with Blanchet House in Portland.
Over 2,000 units of naloxone distributed in 2025 so far.
Use code HALFOFF for 50% off, or PAYITFORWARD for a no-cost course! Any received payment supports our Harm Reduction program.
Decriminalizing SW
Decriminalization protects more people by reducing stigma, allows safer reporting for victims of violence, and enables civil rights for adult industry workers by reducing stigma and harmful policies. The last couple of years, we have been working with industry workers, lawyers, people living under decriminalization in New Zealand, and others to complete a Legal Mapping Guide to Decriminalize Sex Work in Oregon.
Decriminalization means safety.
“If sex work was decriminalized I would have less anxiety about work. I imagine I would have more clients because some might feel less shame about receiving services from me.” – Anon Oregon SW
Community
OSWC is for and by sex workers. We have held monthly meetings for SWs only and SWs/allies for over five years where important collective action takes place. In-person events include Portland Pride, International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, and the 2025 art show, The Oldest Profession: A Showcase of Sex Workers Thru History.
Keep up with OSWC on Instagram: @oswcoalition.
Keep an eye out for future events!
Next event: February 2026…stay tuned for more information.
Project Impact
Study will investigate impacts of Oregon laws that criminalize consensual sex work.
OSWC Harm Reduction supplies have been distributed all over the US! Click on any illuminated spot on the map to view what supplies were distributed to that location. Your support of OSWC allows for this lifesaving impact. DONATE TODAY to ensure harm reduction supplies make it into the hands of those who need it most.
Harm Reduction Impact Map
Legal Mapping Guide to Decriminalize Sex Work
Watch this video (or the full video here) for a brief overview of our findings from our recent study conducted on decriminalizing sex work in Oregon. Click here to view and read the full report.
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"We know best how to keep ourselves safe. Community is what keeps us safe. Community is criminalized within the sex work industry. There’s no need for the government to step in there. Once I went back to sex work, I found a local advertising board and I found community. I learned how to screen and keep myself safe."
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“If sex work was decriminalized I would have less anxiety about work. I imagine I would have more clients because some might feel less shame about receiving services from me.”
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“OSWC has been a lifeline to community support for me. Through their monthly meetings I’ve made friends that have lasted a couple of years and continue to provide tips and links to help I wouldn’t be able to find otherwise. My chronic disease means that I can only work for short segments and this keeps me as an online-webcam model, which can be very isolating otherwise, and even when I can’t attend events like Pride or art shows, I’ve found therapy groups and sobriety groups on zoom, because of OSWC and their members.”
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“I wish I could refer people when they ask if someone I know works sex.”
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“The criminalization of consensual adult sex work only serves to further push perpetrators of trafficking, violence and child exploitation underground while making the livelihood of countless others infinitely more dangerous. If you truly want to work toward the liberation of trafficking victims and the protection of innocent innocent children, you have no choice, but to support the only legislation of such aims – the full criminalization of consensual sex work."
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“My mom wouldn’t be alive today if it wasn’t for Narcan which was sourced with help from an OSWC board member. My mom isn’t a sex worker but when I reached out for help they were more than happy to assist and educate. I am forever grateful for them and the work they do.”
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The law says I’m a criminal for utilizing the only asset available to me. I say my body my choice. The Law says my clients are criminals for supporting me. How is justice served? The only true justice is decriminalization.”
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“After decrim I would have more agency over my body and my future. With added protection from the injustice system, [and things like] assault, blackmail, and predation, decrim would indirectly provide me with safer conditions to build financial stability. In turn I could be more exploratory in my sex work, and build a sustaining career around intimate, sex based care.”
OSWC Supporters & Affiliates
