Carol Leigh
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Carol Leigh, aka The Scarlot Harlot, is an artist, author, film maker, and prostitutes' rights activist.
She coined the term "Sex worker
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in a conference in 1978.
She currently chairs the Sex Worker Film and Arts festival and is the director of BAYSWAN
, the Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network. She lives in San Francisco.
She coined the term "Sex worker
Sex worker
A sex worker is a person who works in the sex industry. The term is usually used in reference to those in the sex industry that actually provide such sexual services, as opposed to management and staff of such industries...
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in a conference in 1978.
She currently chairs the Sex Worker Film and Arts festival and is the director of BAYSWAN
BAYSWAN
Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network , is a non-profit organization in the San Francisco Bay Area which works to improve working conditions, increase benefits, and eliminate discrimination on behalf of individuals working within both legal and criminalized adult entertainment industries...
, the Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network. She lives in San Francisco.
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See also
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- COYOTECOYOTECOYOTE, or Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics, is an American sex worker activist organization. COYOTE's goals include the decriminalization of prostitution, pimping and pandering, as well as the elimination of social stigma concerning sex work as an occupation.Though it is frequently described as a...
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