right after completing the 3 blogs following this one, two things happened, 1: I got the invitation to Carol Leigh's presentation, and 2: All 3 computers in my house wouldn't do shit.
So last minute, here's the email I got (it borrows from Carol Leigh's bio)
DON’T MISS THIS EVENT
The History of the Sex Workers’ Rights Movement Presented by Carol Leigh
Followed by a panel discussion with Ms. Leigh, Tracy Ryan, and Pam Vessels.
Tuesday April 21st at 7 PM
At Weaver Hall located at 1212 University Avenue on the grounds of
the Church of the Crossroads.
FREE to Public.
Parking in the lot entered from University or Bingham with box payment.
For more information call or email Tracy at 534-1846, tracyar@hawaiiantel.net
CAROL LEIGH has been a sex worker and activist since the late seventies. A poet and performance artist, she coined the term "sex worker" in 1979. Leigh founder of BAYSWAN (Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Project) is webmistress of Prostitutes Education Network (http://www.bayswan.org/penet.html).
She volunteered at the HIV Prevention Project (needle exchange) for several years and founded a street outreach project in conjunction with the Coalition on Prostitution.
As a founding member of ACT UP, she organized a campaign against mandatory HIV testing of prostitutes. She was lead writer and organizer of the San Francisco Board of Supervisor's Task Force on Prostitution representing San Francisco's Commission on the Status of Women.
She is a founding member of SWOP-USA, BAYSWAN and a long time COYOTE member. Leigh founded and directs the San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival (sexworkerfest.com).
DON’T MISS THIS EVENT
The History of the Sex Workers’ Rights Movement Presented by Carol Leigh
Followed by a panel discussion with Ms. Leigh, Tracy Ryan, and Pam Vessels.
Tuesday April 21st at 7 PM
At Weaver Hall located at 1212 University Avenue on the grounds of
the Church of the Crossroads.
FREE to Public.
Parking in the lot entered from University or Bingham with box payment.
For more information call or email Tracy at 534-1846, tracyar@hawaiiantel.net
CAROL LEIGH has been a sex worker and activist since the late seventies. A poet and performance artist, she coined the term "sex worker" in 1979. Leigh founder of BAYSWAN (Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Project) is webmistress of Prostitutes Education Network (http://www.bayswan.org/penet.html).
She volunteered at the HIV Prevention Project (needle exchange) for several years and founded a street outreach project in conjunction with the Coalition on Prostitution.
As a founding member of ACT UP, she organized a campaign against mandatory HIV testing of prostitutes. She was lead writer and organizer of the San Francisco Board of Supervisor's Task Force on Prostitution representing San Francisco's Commission on the Status of Women.She is a founding member of SWOP-USA, BAYSWAN and a long time COYOTE member. Leigh founded and directs the San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival (sexworkerfest.com).
The "Scarlot Harlot Video Festival" podcast is available on iTunes. Leigh recently received the prestigious Creative Work Fund Award for her video documentation. Since the late seventies, Leigh has written and performed political satire as "Scarlot Harlot," work based on her experience as a prostitute and has toured internationally and in the US with the Sex Worker Art Show Tour. Leigh's book, "Unrepentant Whore: The Collected Work of Scarlot Harlot" was published by Last Gasp in 2003.
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