x:talk free English classes for workers in the sex industry are re-commencing in February 2008. After a highly successful pilot course, the x:talk project has expanded and now includes language classes for both men and women selling sex in London.

The x:talk project, endorsed by the International Union of Sex Workers, GMB Branch and several NHS health projects, was launched in May 2007 and attracted wide spread support and praise thought out the sex industry. The project specifically provides language skills for workers, focusing on safe sex, negotiation skills and increasing safety. The project has been developed by sex workers and is taught by qualified English teachers with sex industry experience.

‘In the current climate of debates about trafficking and prostitution, the x:talk project is one of the few services available that provides skills and support for migrant workers in the sex industry. Instead of treating people as victims, we hope to share information and skills so that people are empowered to make their own decisions’, said Ava Caradonna, x:talk project co-ordinator.

‘I liked the classes very much. It was good to talk about things at work with other girls who had been through the same thing’, Maria, x:talk student 2007.

Classes are held in a safe and confidential space in central London and open to all female, male and trans workers in the sex industry. Beginner and intermediate levels. Courses start February 08.

For more details and class times:
telephone: 079 1470 3372
email: xtalk.classes@googlemail.com