Carol Leigh, a San Francisco activist who is credited with coining the term 'sex work' and who sought for decades to improve conditions for prostitutes and others in the adult entertainment business, has died. She was 71.
SAN FRANCISCO — Carol Leigh, a San Francisco activist who is credited with coining the term"sex work" and who sought for decades to improve conditions for prostitutes and others in the adult entertainment business, has died. She was 71.
"Ultimately, Leigh argued that until sex workers are included in the conversations about feminism, sexuality and legality -– conversations from which they have historically been excluded -– sex workers will remain fragmented rather than collective, and stigmatisation will abound," said a tweet Thursday from SWARM , which describes itself as a sex worker-led collective founded in the United Kingdom in 2009.
Leigh was deeply involved in advocacy for and aid to sex workers both in the United States and overseas and her concerns ranged from decriminalization to poverty, drug use and HIV.
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