On the Web:
A few of the many places on the web for more information on sex work. Many of these sites have extensive links to additional information.

-$pread Magazine: Illuminating the Sex Industry – A magazine by and for sex workers of all genders, sexualities, and backgrounds, and their allies across the globe. www.spreadmagazine.org
-Network of Sex Work Projects – An informal, international alliance that promotes sex workers' health and human rights www.nswp.org
-Prostitutes’ Education Network - The Prostitutes’ Education Network is an information service about legislative and cultural issues as they affect prostitutes and other sex workers. www.bayswan.org/penet.html
-Exotic Dancers Alliance – The mission of EDA is to address the lack of civil, human and labor rights on behalf of exotic dancers and other sex industry workers by providing information, referrals and non-judgmental, empowerment based services.
www.bayswan.org/EDAindex.html
-The International Union of Sex Workers - Advocacy group, which aims to unionize sex workers. www.iusw.org
-Sex Workers Outreach Project - Sex Workers Outreach Project USA (SWOP) 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 and occupational rights. www.swop-usa.org

-Sex Workers Art Show – Annual tour featuring visual and performance art by people who are current or former sex workers www.sexworkersartshow.com
-St. James Infirmary - Offers free, confidential, nonjudgmental medical and social services for female, transgendered, and male sex workers in the San Francisco Bay Area. The first occupational safety and health clinic for sex workers anywhere run by and for sex workers. www.stjamesinfirmary.org
-COYOTE - COYOTE ("Call Off Your Tired Ethics") was founded by Margo St. James in 1973. COYOTE works for the rights of all sex workers: strippers, phone operators, prostitutes, porn actresses etc. of all genders and persuasions. www.bayswan.org/COYOTE.html
- Alysabeth's Feminist Stripper Site – Writing, art and information by a feminist sex worker. www.geocities.com/alysabethc/strippers.html
-HIPS- HIPS mission is to assist female, male, and transgendered individuals engaging in sex work in Washington, DC in leading healthy lives, using a harm reduction model. www.hips.org
-Feminists Against Censorship - Feminists Against Censorship was formed in 1989 by a group of long-time feminist academics and campaigners who wished to fight censorship from a feminist perspective. www.fiawol.demon.co.uk/FAC/
-Feminist for Free Expression – (FFE) A group of diverse feminists working to preserve the individual's right to see, hear and produce materials of her choice without the intervention of the state "for her own good." www.ffeusa.org
- International Sex Worker Foundation for Art, Culture and Education – (ISWFACE) An international clearinghouse for research, articles, art, culture, and information by and about people in the sex industry, both past and present, from around the world. www.iswface.org
- UBUNTU - Born in the aftermath of the March 13, 2006 rape of a Durham, NC Black woman (and sex worker) by members of the Duke University Lacrosse team. UBUNTU is a Women of Color and Survivor-led coalition of individuals and organizational representatives. http://iambecauseweare.wordpress.com
- Sex Worker Legal Aid - A professional organization who's volunteer members offer legal advice for sex Workers, erotic massage therapist, erotic dancers and others employed in the sex industry. www.sexworkerlegalaid.com
-The Sex Workers Project (A project of the Urban Justice Center) - The Sex Workers Project is the first program in New York City and in the country to focus on the provision of legal services, legal training, documentation, and policy advocacy for sex workers. Using a harm reduction and human rights model, the SWP protects the rights and safety of sex workers who by choice, circumstance, or coercion remain in the industry. www.sexworkersproject.org

Books:
A brief list of books on sex work, censorship and the sex industry. By no means complete.

-Whores and Other Feminists Edited by: Jill Nagle
-Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry Edited by: Frederique Delacoste and Priscilla Alexander
-Flesh for Fantasy: Producing and Cosuming Exotic Dance Edited by: R. Danielle Egan, Katherine Frank, & Merri Lisa Johnson
-Naked Ambition: Women Who Are Changing Pornography Edited by: Carly Milne
-Indecent: How I Make It and Fake It as a Girl for Hire by: Sarah Katherine Lewis
-Global Sex Workers: Rights, Resistance and Redefinition Edited by: Kamala Kempadoo and Jo Doezema
-Egyptian Exotica: A Memoir of Dancing Naked by: Rania Zada
-Tales from the Clit: A Female Experience of Pornography Edited by: Cherie Matrix
-XXX: A Women’s Right to Pornography By: Wendy McElroy
-Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights By: Nadine Strossen
-Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America By: Lily Burana
-Rent Girl by: Michelle Tea Illustrated by: Laurenn McCubbin
-Turning Pro: A Guide to Sex Work for the Ambitious and the Intrigued by: Magdelene Meretrix
-Tricks and Treats: Sex Workers Write About Their Clients Edited by: Matt Bernstein Sycamore
-Bare: The Naked Truth About Stripping By: Elisabeth Eaves
-Working: My Life as a Prostitute By: (Atlanta’s own) Dolores French
-No Justice! No Piece!: A Working Girl's Guide to Labor Organizing in the Sex Industry By: “the hell-raisin’ hussies who organized the Exotic Dancers Union at San Francisco’s Lusty Lady Theater” (hard to find, may be available from the Industrial Workers of the World www.iww.org)

Other:

Live! Nude! Girls! Unite! - This first person documentary film follows Julia Query, lesbian/stand-up comedian/peepshow-stripper, and daughter of a feminist activist, on her raucous journey to help organize the only union of strippers in the United States. www.livenudegirlsunite.com

The following authors have written a great deal on sex, sexuality and censorship including sex work and the sex industry. Their books should be available at your local feminist or independent bookstore.
Patrick Califia (also published under Pat Califia)
Carol Queen www.carolqueen.com
Annie Sprinkle www.anniesprinkle.org