The people who taught adult performers how to survive de-banking have been de-funded thanks to the struggling U.S. economy, but they’ve left behind a much-need resource.
Bittersweet End for The Cupcake Girls
The Cupcake Girls, a Las Vegas-based non-profit organization providing resources and trauma-informed peer support for adult entertainment and survivors of sex trafficking, sadly announced its dissolution earlier this year due to financial challenges. But before it shuttered it provided an important content-driven farewell.
Partnering with adult conglomerate Aylo (the company that owns and operates Pornhub, YouPorn, RedTube, and Brazzers), the Cupcake Girls has premiered the second season of Safety Training With The Cupcake Girls, a video series made to empower adult content creators on protection practices and exploitation.
The free four-part video series for adult performers features Britney Amber discussing stigma and moving between careers; Sarah Arabic on financial literacy, taxes and de-banking; Siouxsie Q on issues of consent; and Codi Vore on setting boundaries and communication in the adult industry.
The Cupcake Girls on Film
Debuting in 2009, the series first featured Cherie DeVille and Sofia Rose talking about working with talent agencies and shooting independent content safely, each segment providing a no-nonsense approach to sharing information and personal experiences from figures who know the industry well.
Cupcake’s offices and peer-support advocacy work ended on May 8, 2026, with administrative wind-down and final asset distribution taking place as the month came to a close. Remaining charitable assets went to other Nevada and Oregon nonprofits working on sex-worker rights and survivor support. The charity says it handed every active participant over to vetted, trauma-informed partner organizations.
“While our doors are closing,” Ash Miller, interim executive director of The Cupcake Girls, told AVN, “the need for this vital work remains urgent.”
Community Resource Hub
Indeed, the support layer around adult work is thin and it’s getting thinner. TCG spent 15 years working on housing, healthcare navigation, peer advocacy and helping women to get out of the business when they wanted to, all significant topics that still need to be highlighted as the creator industry grows.
As Alex Kekesi, VP Brand and Community at Pornhub adds to AVN’s report, “The Cupcake Girls have had a profound impact on the sex work community through their tireless advocacy and support.”
While the group is gone, they left behind a valuable extension of their work on a YouTube page called “Community Resource Hub,” featuring the four new episodes in the series, plus the two original videos. Anyone interested in sex work should check them out.
Click links below for each episode:
Understanding Consent & Communication
Financial Literacy for Performers & Creators
Recognizing & Addressing Exploitation
