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‘Sex Work’ activist Carol Leigh has died – Carol Leigh | Manorama News

San Francisco US activist Carol Lee (71), who coined the term ‘sex work’ and fought for the rights of sex workers, has died.

Born in New York City. When she was gang-raped while working in sex work in San Francisco, the movement for legal solutions to the problems of sex work began. She is famous as a writer and video artist. The term “sex work industry” was coined for a panel discussion at a feminist conference in 1978.

English summary: Carol Leigh, activist who coined the term ‘sex work’, dies

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