“So long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, there should be a need for books such as this.”

Barricades: A Les Mis Convention is dedicated to using our influence to aid those in need.

2024 Charity

Black and Pink

Black and Pink National is a prison abolitionist organization dedicated to abolishing the criminal punishment system and liberating LGBTQIA2S+ people and people living with HIV/AIDS who are affected by that system through advocacy, support, and organizing.

They have a grassroots network of 11 volunteer-led chapters and more than 20,000 current and formerly incarcerated people. Their current work includes initiatives to develop housing and community spaces for LGTBQIA2S+ youth and young adults who are system-impacted and to provide housing, support services, mental health support, drop-in services and/or community programming, a penpal program with incarcerated members, The Sex Worker Liberation Project, a youth leadership initiative and national advocacy.

For more information on Black and Pink, visit their website.

Visit Black and Pink to directly donate to support their mission.

Previous Charities

2023: Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement 

SWARM (Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement) is a grassroots sex worker-led collective fighting criminalization, supporting sex workers, & engaging in solidarity across issues of justice.

Their current work includes fundraising for the National Network of Sex Workers, India legal aid fund; collaborating with Hookers against Hardship; supporting the London Renter’s Union; opposing police and border cruelty; sharing up-to-date information on monkeypox.

For more information on SWARM, visit their website.

Visit SWARM to directly donate to support their campaign for the rights and safety of everyone who sells sexual services.

Profits from the 2023 convention amounted to £853.

2022: Just Detention International

Just Detention International (JDI) is a health and human rights organization that seeks to end sexual abuse in all forms of detention. JDI works internationally to mitigate threats to prisoners. They acknowledge LGBTQ+ and vulnerable prisoners, as well as seeking to end anti-migrant violence. JDI combines education and campaigning, with direct support for survivors.

For more information on Just Detention International, visit their website.

Visit Just Detention to directly donate in support of survivors.

Profits from the 2022 convention amounted to £1,343.81.