Last updated on: 11/12/2007 | Author: ProCon.org

Carol Leigh Biography

Title:
Co-Founder of the Bay Area Sex Workers Advocacy Network (BAYSWAN)
Position:
None Found to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of June 22, 2007

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
  Organizations/VIPs/Other
Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Co-Founder, Bay Area Sex Workers Advocacy Network (BAYSWAN)
  • Spokesperson, Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics (COYOTE)
  • Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s Task Force on Prostitution
  • Member, Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP)
  • Founder and Co-Director, San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival
  • Former Producer and Actress, Tucson Western International Television (TWIT)
  • Former prostitute
  • Webmistress, Prostitutes’ Education Network (PENET)
  • Member, Coalition on Prostitution
  • Activist, Citizens For Medical Justice
  • Founding Member, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)
Education:
  • MA, Creative Writing, Boston University
Other:
  • Also known as the “Scarlot Harlot.”
Quoted in:
  1. Should Prostitution Be Decriminalized?