The Heaux History Project

The Heaux History Project is a documentary series and archival project exploring Black and Brown erotic labor/sex worker history and the fight for sex workers' rights.

Website
https://twitter.com/HeauxHistory?s=20
Grantee type
Organization

Grants Awarded to The Heaux History Project

$60,000 - Awarded August 2021

Community Storytelling
Grantees
The Heaux History Project
Focus areas
Representation in Media
Archives
Description

To record, archive, and amplify the stories of everyday sex workers of color and sex workers of color leaders navigating life through and after COVID-19. Recipient of 2021 Community Voices Fund grant.

$50,000 - Awarded July 2020

Community Storytelling
Grantees
The Heaux History Project
Focus areas
Representation in Media
Archives
Description

The Heaux History Project (HHP) will use the 2020 Community Voices grant to gather the stories and histories of Black and Brown sex workers and how they are surviving through COVID-19. HHP will collect oral interviews, writings, and artistic representations, with a long term-goal to create a documentary and archival project.

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