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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, counseling 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] Pineapple Support says it has helped over 5000 performers and online sex workers, through both therapy referrals, active listening, and event partnerships with adult industry leaders, such as a Suicide Prevention Webinar hosted with non-profit advocacy group Free Speech Coalition or a Restorative Yoga Workshop hosted with the cam site XLoveCam(Shoshoro N.V.). [8] [9] [10]

Tanit chose the name "Pineapple" because it is a common safeword in the BDSM community, [11] and she wanted the organization to be "a safeword for performers." [12]

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  2. ↑ Horn, Tina (19 March 2018). "How August Ames' Suicide is Changing the Porn Industry". RollingStone.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  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. ↑ "Pineapple Support, XLoveCam to Host Restorative Yoga Workshop" . Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Adams, JC. "Pineapple Support to Host Grief, Loss Support Group for Sex Workers". XBIZ.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  10. ↑ Adams, JC (10 September 2021). "Pineapple Support, FSC to Host Webinar on Suicide Prevention Workshop" . Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "About Pineapple Support". PineappleSupport.org. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "WIA Profile: Leya Tanit". XBIZ.com. 30 October 2019.
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