LOS ANGELES — Siri Dahl will be hosting and co-producing the first ever Corn Telethon, a 12-hour SFW livestream combining entertainment with sex work and anti-censorship activism.
The Corn Telethon will be streamed live on Dahl’s Twitch and YouTube channels on Tuesday October 15, from 9:00 a.m., and will serve as a fundraiser.
100% of profits from the event will be split between SWOP LA (Sex Workers Outreach Project Los Angeles) and the establishment of a grant fund to support new and existing journalism initiatives to better communicate sex worker issues.
The livestream is produced and organized by Dahl and mainstream podcast producers Alex Steed and Madelynn Britt.
Confirmed guests from all areas of entertainment include Ana Foxxx, Gwen Adora, Holly Randall, Sinnamon Love, Jiz Lee, Casey Calvert, Zoë Ligon, Sarah Marshall, Molly Lambert, River Butcher, Jamie Loftus, Open Mike Eagle, Ify Nwadiwe, Carolyn Kendrick, Sean O’Connor, Cooper Hays, Chaki the Funk Wizard, BJ & Harmony Colangelo, Gaby Herstik, Jeena Bloom plus many others who will be added to the lineup in the coming two weeks.
“This cheeky (but ultimately SFW) stream will be hosted by Siri and a rotating group of friends, presented in the style of a classic Jerry Lewis telethon,” said a rep. “It will land somewhere between USA's ‘Up All Night,’ an episode of ‘Hee Haw’ and an Elvira special. Due to its proximity to Halloween, there will be costumes and spooky season homage galore.”
The idea for the event came when Dahl and Steed realized that “with all the talk of Project 2025 being big, ominous and scary, very few elected officials were speaking to the threats posed to sex workers, who are already vulnerable due to a number of flawed laws and taboos that persist regarding recreational sex and sex work,” the rep explained.
The Corn Telethon aims to combine entertainment with activism, “making clear that Project 2025 is bad — of course — but also pointing out that many current laws that pertain to privacy, porn and sex work already on the books are not great, and not just for sex workers,” the rep added.
Dahl told XBIZ that “now more than ever, it’s important for sex workers to build community and support each other. I’m thrilled to have such a wide variety of adult and mainstream entertainers showing up for the first ever Corn Telethon, to support a great cause and help us fundraise for SWOP LA and other initiatives.”
Dahl added she hopes the telethon “will draw attention to the issues facing the porn industry, and through fun and entertainment, we’ll show how much support our industry has — not just from our own community of sex workers and our fans, but also from some folks you wouldn’t expect. So many people out there have a more casual relationship with the adult industry and sex work, and they if you ask them, they’ll say they don’t want us to be so heavily censored — but they also don’t know much about the challenges we face, or why. Corn Telethon will reach those people too, and will leave a lasting impression on them.”
For more information, follow Siri Dahl and Alex Steed on X.com.
