BURBANK, Calif. — Pornhub today said it has partnered up with Pineapple Support to provide support for members of Modelhub and the Pornhub Model Program.
Pornhub also said that it plans on hosting dinners and community networking events for members of Modelhub and the Pornhub Model Program in various cities as part of the Pineapple Support partnership.
As for its first event with Pineapple Support, Pornhub will be supplying a meal and company in various cities in the U.S. and Canada. For more information regarding the event email xmas@pornhub.com.
Pornhub made the announcement today about the Pineapple Support partnership in honor of the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Pineapple Support focuses solely on the mental health of adult entertainment performers and provides them with 24/7 psychotherapy, counseling and emotional support.
“We’re proud to announce our partnership with Pineapple Support on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers,” Modelhub director Natalia Maurlan said. “The marginalization of sex workers leaves many of them without the ability to treat mental illness — due to the lack of sex worker friendly therapists, exceedingly high costs associated with therapy, or perhaps even a lack of mental health practitioners within a reasonable distance from where the model may live. This is only compounded by the negative social stigma still problematically associated with sex work, which we believe is a form of violence.”
“It’s especially important that we show the world that the lives of these unfairly marginalized people are equally as valuable and worth fighting for. Here at Pornhub, we stand in solidarity alongside sex workers, their advocates, friends, families and allies to help call attention to the violence committed against sex workers. We won’t stand for it, and neither should you.”
Leya Tanit, founder and President of Pineapple Support, said: “We are here to provide emotional support when it cannot be found elsewhere. To give care and support to those in the industry who need it most. To provide sex worker friendly therapists and counsellors to those most vulnerable and unable to afford services.”