Savannah Sly

Artist, Event planner, Explorer, Idea generator, Performer, Project manager

Savannah Sly is a musician, Dominatrix, and sex worker rights advocate who resides in Seattle, WA. Savannah enjoys meeting people, rocking worlds, and spinning plates. Sly became active in grassroots advocacy for sex workers rights in 2013. Compelled to respond to sensational sex trafficking narratives (used as a justification to increase policing and surveillance), Sly became a community organizer with SWOP-Seattle. Sly later went on to serve as Board President of SWOP-USA from 2015-17, prioritizing chapter engagement, cultivating institutional memory, and centralizing network tools. Since then, Savannah has served as an organizer for the ACLU of Washington, and is a national coordinator for the #OldProProject. Themes in Sly’s songwriting include sex, magic, power, and personal history. Sly’s debut album INDEPENDENT MEANS was released in December 2019, and is dedicated to sex workers everywhere. As a sex worker, Savannah has been active since 2003 and has no plans of ceasing. Known as Ms. Savannah, Sly has dominated hearts and minds internationally with great joy. Ms. Savannah is grateful for the opportunities and adventures sex work has made possible.

I am passionate about advancing the rights and safety of people in the sex trade. The world I'm working towards with my colleagues is one where adults can choose to engage in erotic labor without threat of arrest, deportation, loss of child custody, or discrimination. Exiting the sex trade can be deeply challenging due to stigma and the burden of criminal records, and expanding options for people seeking to leave is paramount.

Advancing the rights and dignity of sex workers will better equip society to correctly identify and address exploitation in the sex trade.

Art Activism, BDSM, Bodily Sovereignty, Grassroots Advocacy, Music, Organizing, Queerness, Sex Work, Sexuality, Stigma

Being present with you as a friend during hard times.