Description: The Sex Trade Survivor Caucus (STSC) is a national, survivor-led advocacy network that organizes people with lived experience of the sex trade to drive policy, research, education, and public engagement. STSC describes its mission as centering survivor leadership to end commercial sexual exploitation while promoting humane, evidence-informed responses that prioritize safety, dignity, and accountability. Type: Survivor-led advocacy network (public-facing as a non-profit-style organization; formal legal status not publicly specified) Policies: Advocates for Safe Harbor laws and survivor-centered supports, partial decriminalization of people in the sex trades, demand-reduction and accountability measures for traffickers and exploiters, recognition of trafficking as a serious human-rights violation, survivor leadership in research and program design, and opposition to policies or programs that they assess as harmful to survivors. Funding: STSC solicits public support through donations and membership, and appears to derive revenue from individual contributions, grants, training and speaking or consulting fees; detailed funding disclosures are not prominently published on its site. Affiliates: Prominent survivor leaders associated with STSC include Bekah Charleston, Jay Benke, and Melanie Thompson; the organization collaborates with national survivor networks and works alongside established anti-trafficking actors such as Coalition Against Trafficking in Women and other survivor-led initiatives.
