We will create spaces where strippers and sex workers can affirm and celebrate each other and build community. We will promote visibility of sex workers and representatives of sex work that originate with us, with the goal of disrupting the media’s incessant stigmatization and exploitation of our identity. We publicly and loudly affirm the dignity of our work and our lives.

We believe that sex workers deserve complete autonomy and control over their bodies. No law should be drafted about sex work without sex workers. Sex workers deserve a seat at every table where decisions that affect their lives are being made, in all movements and areas.

We will work actively to uphold our principles internally, prioritize communication and transparency, and adhere to a grievance policy that is based in restorative justice and nonviolent communication.

We will strive to end the theft of sex workers’ wages by their employers. Sex workers’ money should be controlled by sex workers alone and only sex workers should profit from sex work.

We will create environments where sex workers feel safe and protected from mistreatment, assault and abuse. We believe all sex work must be safe for sex workers. We believe all sex workers deserve to be provided the means to lead a safe, comfortable and dignified life.

We will educate our communities as sex workers and our communities as a whole. Sex workers deserve to know their rights as workers. The public should know about the mistreatment of sex workers as well as the rich history of sex work.

We will fight for the decriminalization of sex work. Sex workers should not be subject to the micromanagement and surveillance of the government. We will oppose and work to block the passing of legislation that actively harms sex workers, as well as advocate for the rights of sex workers through the use of the legal system. We will build coalitions and use our collective political power to keep pressure on the government and pass legislation authored by sex workers.

We will harness the collective power of strippers and sex workers to upend the current power imbalance between owners and workers. We will aid in establishing worker-owned businesses. We aim to reverse corporatization and replace it with local empowerment and transparency. Our workplaces should be safe places that reflect our values and our dignity, and be spaces where we feel powerful. Strippers and sex workers are not disposable: there is no sex industry without us.

We will connect strippers and sex workers to aid and opportunities to enhance success in their work and in their lives.

We at Strippers United are committed to dismantling system oppression through elevating the voices of the marginalized, most vulnerable in our community: trans women/femmes/enby BIPOC, people with disabilities, undocumented immigrants, veteran sex workers, combat ageism, full service sex workers, and everyone else denied access to their basic human rights. We aim to dismantle racist and discriminatory practices within our industry and prioritize disability justice for sex workers. We are dedicated to lateral power, radical redistribution of wealth, and restorative justice.