About Me

Location

City / Town

London

Country

United Kingdom (UK)

Basic Information

Member Type

Organisation

Organisation

About Organisation

X:talk is a migrant sex worker led organisation that organises free language classes for workers in the London sex industry. Being able to speak some English is an important step in asserting our needs, desires and rights. It means we can talk with clients, health services and our bosses. Through speaking a common language we are better able to come together, organise and empower each other. Through the development of our language skills and confidence building, our aim is to promote the improvement of working conditions in sex work, as well as the right to change work and not to be forced to stay with the same employer.As workers in the sex industry we are often denied a voice, we are considered only passive victims, we are taught to be ashamed of our work, we are made invisible by discriminatory laws that illegalise our work and us, and we are spoken for and about but rarely are we allowed to speak for ourselves. As migrants even more so. x:talk is about getting our voices heard - with our clients, with our bosses and with each other.

Organisation Phone

447914703372

Organisation Email

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Contact Name

Ava Caradonna

Public Activism

Website/Blog

http://www.xtalkproject.net

Media Contact

Yes

Email

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Languages

English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Polish

Areas of Interest

Sex Worker Self-Organising
Sex Worker Activism
Academic/Research
Outreach to sex workers
Migration
Labour

Friends

Groups