Carol Leigh, a.k.a. The Scarlot Harlot was an American artist, author, filmmaker, and sex workers’ rights activist. She is credited with coining the term “sex worker” chaired the Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival and was the director of BAYSWAN, the Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network.
Was Carol Leigh Married?
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don’t have much information about She’s past relationships and any previous engagements. According to our Database, She has no children.
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.
A former prostitute, Leigh devoted herself to campaigning on behalf of those in the “sex work industry,” a term she coined as the title for a panel discussion she attended at a feminist anti-pornography conference in 1978, according to an essay she wrote.