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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 British 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.[2] Pineapple Support has provided over 700 members of the adult film industry with mental health support and resources, including free and low-cost therapy, counselling and emotional support, in its first two years of existence.[3]

In October 2019, Pineapple Support hosted an online mental health summit for the adult film industry.[4]

Tanit chose the name “Pineapple” because it is a common safeword in the BDSM community,[5] and she wanted the organization to be "a safeword for performers."[6]

References

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  1. ^ "WIA Profile: Leya Tanit". XBIZ.com. 30 Oct 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  2. ^ "How August Ames' Suicide is Changing the Porn Industry". 19 March 2018.
  3. ^ "PascalsSubslut Signs On to Sponsor Pineapple Support". AVN.com. 6 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Pineapple Support's Adult Industry Mental Health Summit Lineup Announced". [AVN_(magazine)]. 30 October 2019.
  5. ^ "About Pineapple Support". PineappleSupport.org. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  6. ^ "WIA Profile: Leya Tanit". XBIZ.com. 30 Oct 2019.