Come learn what cyber bullying is and the history of its occurrence with the emergence of the digital age. We will discuss the direct impact cyber bullying has on the sex work community before delving into your rights and techniques for how to address it.

2020 Has been a crazy year and will go down in history as a year that many wish they could forget. 2021 will be bringing a new United States President and there is a pile of legislation that everyone in the adult entertainment industry need to be paying attention to. Attorneys Corey Silverstein and Larry Walters will guide you through the legal minefield and give some amazing tips to make 2021 an amazing year. Additionally, the panel will focus on abuse, bullying, stalking and trauma and how to legally deal with these constant threats. When is it time to contact law enforcement? What are your legal options? All will be addressed during this can’t miss panel.

The word trauma has infiltrated our mainstream culture in the last 10 years, but what exactly is it and how might it manifest in you, your life and your body? In this talk we’ll define the term, and provide concrete tools for understanding your own experiences including triggers and symptoms.

Trauma is subjective and can be stored in the body even without conscious memories of the traumatic experience(s). Learn more about what trauma looks like in our body and how it affects our functioning as well as what you can do about it! You will leave this talk with some exercises and techniques as well as some different therapy approaches that can help you in your trauma recovery journey.

Financial preparedness, saving and spending habits is far too often ignored in the adult entertainment industry. Now more than ever it is imperative that all adult entertainment entrepreneurs understand why to save, how to save and where to save. Budgeting will be discussed along with healthy spending habits.  

Panelists: Jeff Payze, Lance Hart, Lotus Lain, Cathy Beardsley, Casey Calvert

How to Handle Triggers & Dissociation While Working

Experiencing sexual violence is a form of trauma that, no matter what the circumstances were or how long ago it happened, can change the way we experience sex. This form of trauma has a profound impact on sex workers and how they can carry on with their work. In this talk we will examine how our minds process sexual trauma, what are triggers and how they can impact our mental, emotional and physical awareness, and then wrap up with strategies of how we can navigate triggers, such as dissociation, while on the job, and/or in our everyday lives.