Pineapple Support

Pineapple Support is a nonprofit organization that provides free and low-cost mental health therapy to pornographic film actors, producers and others who work in the adult film industry. It launched in April 2018 by adult performer Leya Tanit[1] in response to a series of deaths in the adult industry in late 2017 and early 2018 resulting from mental illness or addiction, including that of August Ames.[2] In its first two years, Pineapple Support provided over a thousand members of the adult film industry with mental health support and resources, including free and low-cost therapy, counselling and emotional support.[3]

Pineapple Support brings therapists to the AVN Awards to provide free, walk-in sessions for adult performers.[4] In October 2019, Pineapple Support hosted the first online mental health summit specifically for the adult film industry, featuring sessions with over a dozen therapists.[5] Pineapple Support works with over one hundred therapists worldwide [6] and receives major funding from adult industry sources such as Pornhub, xHamster, Kink.com and Chaturbate.[7]

Tanit chose the name “Pineapple” because it is a common safeword in the BDSM community,[8] and she wanted the organization to be "a safeword for performers."[9]

References
  1. Hay, Mark (Jan 28, 2020). "She's Taking on Porn's Mental Health Crisis". Ozy.
  2. Dickson, EJ (19 March 2018). "How August Ames' Suicide is Changing the Porn Industry". RollingStone.com.
  3. "Mental Health Helper Pineapple Support's Second Anniversary Arrives". AVN.com. 2 April 2020.
  4. Alptraum, Lux (January 29, 2019). "Porn actress August Ames Death Was a Lost Chance to Talk about Sex Workers and Mental Health]]". Vox.
  5. Neuwave, Robert (Oct 30, 2019). "Pineapple Support's Adult Industry Mental Health Summit Lineup Announced". AVN.
  6. "Pineapple Support Therapists". PineappleSupport.org. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  7. "Sponsorship". PineappleSupport.org. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  8. "About Pineapple Support". PineappleSupport.org. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  9. "WIA Profile: Leya Tanit". XBIZ.com. 30 October 2019.
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