Advocating for the health, safety, and livelihoods of Bay SWers through mutual aid + community organizing.
Oakland, CA
Joined April 2018
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For Halloween we dug into some of the spookiest sex work stories in Bay Area history:
🕯️ A Barbary Coast madam who still watches over the women working in her old brothel
🎹 THAT Condor Club piano (yes, that one)
📖 A 1913 memoir that’s scarier for how familiar it still sounds
Sharing gratitude for everyone who made it out to our Resource Fair last weekend! You braved the random October summer heat and made it look cuuuuute. Thank you for connection, care, and collaboration as we imagine a world where no one has to go without 🥹💆🎁
We’re only a few weeks away from our FREE BAWS Fall Resource Fair, so let’s make some noise for our amazing community partners!
They’ll be providing free information, legal aid, food, services, material goods, entertainment, workshops, and more,
RSVP link in bio!
Want to donate to BAWS and get @WeAreTryst credit? Here’s how to do it!
We have something for you 🤲🏼 With the help of community partners and organizations, we’re bringing in the freak-uinox in style and substance, with a FREE BAWS Resource Fair! Head to our linktree, find out more, and RSVP at this link eventbrite.com/e/baws-resour…🧡
This is a community reminder - our Bad Date List submission form is open. We need more responses!
If you have information about behavior from Bay Area dates, and feel you are able to, head to the BDL page of our website and fill out the form there 📨
Our new midnight ballerina fundraising tracker is here! Follow along on our website anytime.
We are in the midst of an ambitious drive to create sustainable funding to keep all we do going through the end of 2027 and beyond.
Learn more at our linktree and help us get there 💪🏼
New Laws, Same Story: Summer of 2026 in Oakland 🌏
In our latest blog post, we're rounding up everything that’s happening on the ground in the East Bay right now.
Get up to date (linktree in bio), get angry, and look out for ways to get even more organized.
BAWS was honored to be a part of Bay Area history this IWD.
@DecrimSexWorkCA brought together SWer orgs from across the state to unveil a new mural at the SF LGBTQ Center. Joining this coalition and making our mark on Market Street was MAJOR.
Go see it irl, it’s truly special💖
