Tryst.link Update Feb '25: Availability, Payments, & Comms
New on the site this month
Since the early days of Tryst you’ve been able to share what days you are open to bookings, however, this has always been a simple on/off option with no ability to indicate what parts of the day you are available in.
We’ve split it into the common segments folks think about the day: early morning, morning, afternoon, and night. You can select any combination of them for each day, or select all day or leave the toggle off to show that day as unavailable!
Other improvements
- Sometimes, banks can be real slow and take a couple minutes to confirm that a transaction succeeded (thanks, banks!). To help avoid you double paying, we’ve added an alert if your last transaction was in the last few minutes so you can double check before proceeding.
- We’ve made it possible to remove a user from your Tryst Messaging inbox, even if that user has since deleted their account but the messages have not yet been deleted.
- Sometimes we need to ask you to make a change or update some of your content to ensure that your profile can remain online. We’ve improved the content in the messages and emails we send you when this happens, to help clarify how soon you need to act, what you need to do, and how to get assistance from our team.
- As a modern website, Tryst.link relies on your browser being relatively up to date so if you are using an older browser we show a message letting you know you may run into issues and provide assistance on how to update it. This message was unintentionally covering up site content which is not what it was meant to do! We’ve given it a tidy up so it doesn’t do that anymore. Thanks to the folks who let us know this was happening and if you are also seeing an unexpected banner, please reach out!
In the community
There's always a lot going on in our amazing community! Here are some of the latest events, news, and resources for workers.
Are you involved in an event? Do you have some news to share? Are you aware of an industry initiative that deserves a shout-out? Let us know!
- Oregon Sex Worker Community Group - March Zoom Meetings (online) - SWs - March 4th 5:30pm-6:30pm PST, SWs & Allies - March 11th 5:30pm-6:30pm PST - email oregonsexworkers@protonmail.com to attend! [link]
- Vixen Transition Committee VIC, AU - accepting applications for Advisory and Administrative Members - send your application to member1@vixen.org.au [link].
- Circe du Cosplay by AV Con - burlesque, drag, fire twirling, and aerial arts - The Octagon at Gluttony - Rymill Park, Friday 21- Saturday 22 March - buy tickets [link].
- Queer Red presents Whorehouse Cinema - Sex worker film and arts festival - 28 - 30 March, Cinetol Tolstraat 182, 1074 VM Amsterdam - [link]
- SMUT The Show - The Lab at Fool's Paradise, Adelaide AU 21 Feb - 15 Mar [link]
- CLEAN YOUR ACT UP: Solo Act Development with Demon Derriere (4 week course) Sydney Vintage Dance Studio, Marrickville NSW, AU, Sundays 11am-1pm, 20 April to 11 May - [link]
- International Sex Worker Rights Day Mural Painting at Vixen HQ - March 7 2025, 1pm-4pm, 5 Merrifield St, Brunswick VIC, AU [link]
- Independent Sex Worker Crafternoon with Rosie at SWOP NSW - Tuesday 11 March 3-5pm, 7/110 Botany Road Alexandria NSW AU [link]
- ICLC Workshop: "Coercive Control & Consent Laws for Sex Workers" 12th March 2025, 3pm-5pm, 7/110 Botany Road Alexandria NSW AU - register at this [link]
Orgs and Events Days
1 March - Zero Discrimination Day (UNAIDS)
3 March - International Sex Workers' Rights Day
8 March - International Womens’ Day
10 March - Christchurch Pride begins (NZ)
21 March - The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
31 March - Transgender Day of Visibility
Recommended reading from the Tryst Team
Listen: Who Migrant Sex Workers Are And Why Do They Sell Sex
Read: Reel to Real: Race, Class and Sex at the Movies
Watch: Pornhub Exec Discusses Pulling Out of the South, Trad Wives, and Feet Pics
In the media
See below for the latest industry news pieces and mentions in the media.
- ‘Kings Cross sex industry tour returns to highlight stigmas workers face’ - Isabella Michie, for ‘ABC News’
- ‘Most UK people support sex work decriminalisation, suggests new poll’ - Brit Dawson, for ‘Yahoo Life, UK’
- ‘Madam review: New Zealand sex work comedy drama is racy and pacy’ - Anthony Morris, for ‘Screen Hub Australia’
- ‘When sex workers are treated with dignity, they give back in ways that benefit everyone’ - Henri June Bynx, for ‘VT Digger’
- ‘Anora sweeps the board at the Oscars’ - Steven McIntosh, for ‘BBC’
- ‘Hollywood loves sex worker culture — but not sex workers’ - Troy Kowalchuk, for ‘Yahoo News’
- ‘Working life in the UK: copywriters, sex workers, gardeners, chefs and more on how they scratch a living’ - Charlie Colenutt, for ‘The Guardian’
- ‘How trans rights activism and sex workers’ solidarity emerged in the ’70s and ’80s’ - Jake Hall, for ‘Huck Mag’
- ‘For the city’s sex workers, “internet is a need not a want”’ - Julie Lawrence, for ‘The Coast, Canada’
- ‘The Time It Takes To Buy It’ - Luke O’Neil, for ‘Welcome to Hell World’
- ‘For migrant sex workers, police are ‘the most dangerous gang’ in the business’ - Chanelle Gallant & Elene Lam, for ‘The Breach’
- ‘Fringe review: Whore Walk: a sex work history walking tour’ - Helen Karakulak, for ‘In Daily’
- ‘Performance review: A Body at Work, Theatre Works, midsumma festival’ Kim Hitchcock, for ‘Arts Hub’
Don’t forget to check back in a month’s time for our next update!
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