6 | Building a Sex Worker Sanctuary | Jazz Appin

Jazz Appin is a co-creator of SWANevada, Sex Workers Alliance of Nevada. SWAN is a community-led movement creating sanctuary spaces which support, validate, and celebrate Nevada sex workers. Before establishing SWAN in 2019, Jazz was born in Panama and moved to Las Vegas when she was 13 years old, where she attended and graduated from Las Vegas Academy and UNLV. While attending UNLV, Jazz majored in Gender & Sexuality Studies and become involved with multiple social organizations & movements. Thereafter she used her experience and education in social rights, social movements, and sex work to coalesce SWANevada into a sanctuary for the mistreated Sex Workers of Nevada. Las Vegas is primed to be a leader within the Sex Worker's Rights Movement due to its sexualized nature and sex worker dominated industry. This 105-minute conversation explains the theory behind sex work, what is a sex worker, and why SWANevada is creating a sanctuary for Sex Workers across Nevada. Flow of the Show Introduction (0:00)SWAN Talent Show (2:00)Who is Jazz Appin? (3:40)Building ground work at UNLV (6:08)Sexualizing Vegas (14:30)History of sex work (17:37)~~Who & What is a sex worker? (21:40)~~Building a sanctuary for full-service workers (32:40) ~~"What is free speech really?" (42:00)~~Tearing down frail walls (49:44)Effects of decriminalization (55:20)~~What is SWANevada? (1:05:22)~~About the March of Whores.....which was locally televised (1:21:00)Where Vegas stands within the Sex Worker's Rights Movement (1:26:50)What does Las Vegas mean to you? and closing out notes (1:36:13)|STREAMING ON ALL PLATFORMS|-Apple Podcasts-Spotify-Google Podcasts-Youtube -Overcast-Stitcher-Podchaser|CONNECT W/ JAKE GALLEN & THE GUEST LIST POD|@JakeGallen-Instagram-Twitter-Facebook-Linkedin@TheGuestListPod-Instagram-Twitter-Facebook