Margo St. James (born September 12, 1937), a self-described sex-positive feminist, founded the organization COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics), which advocates decriminalization of prostitution. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sex-positive feminism, also known as pro-sex feminism, sex-radical feminism, or sexually liberal feminism, is a movement that began in the early 1980s The coyote (kaɪˈoʊti ˈkaɪoʊt ( Canis latrans) also known as the prairie wolf, is a Mammal of the order Carnivora
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History
Margo St. James was born in Bellingham Washington.
As president of the San Francisco Sexual Freedom League in 1967-1969, St. The Sexual Freedom League was an organization founded in 1963 in New York City by Jefferson Poland. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James advocated women's rights and organized sex parties and orgies. She claims to be a former prostitute, and for this reason, she has been criticized by anti-pornography feminists including Dorchen Leidholdt. The term anti-pornography movement is used to describe those who argue that Pornography has a variety of harmful effects such as encouragement of Human trafficking Dorchen Leidholdt has been an activist and leader in the Feminist movement against violence against women since the mid-1970’s Her claim to have been a prostitute is based on a 1962 prostitution conviction. Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Margo St. James founded the St. James Infirmary in San Francisco to help provide health care to the sex worker community. " St James Infirmary Blues " is an American Folksong of anonymous origin though sometimes credited to the songwriter Joe Primrose (a pseudonym A sex worker is a person who works in the Sex industry. Sex workers may be employed as prostitutes strippers go-go dancers burlesque performers escorts dominatrices She founded COYOTE in 1973. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The forerunner of COYOTE was WHO: Whores, Housewives and Others; Others in this case meant lesbians. A lesbian is a Woman who is romantically or sexually attracted only to other women The first meeting of WHO was held on Alan Watts' houseboat; and the name COYOTE came from novelist Tom Robbins who dubbed her a coyote trickster. Alan Wilson Watts ( January 6, 1915 &ndash November 16, 1973) was a British Philosopher, Writer, speaker and Thomas Eugene Robbins (born July 22, 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina) is an American Author.
She began attending international conferences: the United Nations Decade of Women Conferences in Mexico City, the 1976 Tribunal of Crimes Against Women in Brussels, the 1977 International Women's Year Conference in Houston, the 1980 Decade of Women Conference in Copenhagen, the 1976 Democratic Convention in New York—where St. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous James organized loiter-ins—and the Republican Convention in Kansas City. The Republican National Convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages
She worked closely with Gail Pheterson—editor of A Vindication of The Rights of Whores from Seal Press and author of Prostitution Prism from University of Michigan Press—beginning in 1983 in Rotterdam; and with Priscilla Alexander—co-editor of Sex Work from Cleis Press—since 1977. A Vindication of The Rights of Whores, is an Anthology edited by Gail Pheterson with a preface by Margo St The University of Michigan Press is a University press that is part of the University of Michigan. Rotterdam (pronounced) is the 2nd-largest City by population in the Netherlands, located in the province of Cleis Press is an independent publisher of books in the areas of sexuality erotica feminism gay and lesbian studies gender studies fiction and human rights Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays In 1984, COYOTE hosted a Hooker's Convention and drafted a Bill of Rights which underpinned the World Whores' Charter drawn up by the International Committee For Prostitutes' Rights in the European Parliament in Brussels. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is The conservative swing in the US and the women's movement prompted her to move to Europe, so she could put more energy into international organizing. The feminist movement (also known as the Women's Movement or Women's Liberation) is a series of campaigns on issues such as Reproductive rights (sometimes
She returned in 1993 and married journalist Paul Avery. Paul Avery (1934 - December 10, 2000) was an American police reporter best known for his stories on the infamous serial killer known as the Zodiac Avery is best known for his investigation in the Zodiac Killer and Patricia Hearst cases. The Zodiac Killer is a Serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper Heiress, He died on Orcas Island, Washington in 2000. [1]
In 1996 St. James received about 76,000 votes in her bid to become a member of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors. She finished fifth, but only the top four vote-getters were elected. In the late 1990s, she served on the Board of Supervisor's Drug Abuse Advisory Board. [1]
In April 2007 she was reportedly living on Orcas Island, Washington. MountConstitutionViewjpg|thumb|View eastwards from Mount Constitution over the Rosario Strait with Mount Baker visible]] Orcas Island is the largest of the San [2]
Books
- A Vindication of the Rights of Whores by Margo St. James and Gail Pheterson ISBN 0-931188-73-3
Notes
- ^ December 20, 1999 Agenda & Minutes Archive, City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors, http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=11845, URL accessed September 5, 2007.
- ^ Imus Isn't the Only Problem, by Clarence Page, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/04/imus_isnt_the_only_problem.html, URL accessed September 5. 2007.
External links
- Margo St. James for San Francisco Board of Supervisors
- Margo St. James Fan Club
- Speech by Dorchen Liedholdt, attacking Margo St. James
- Summer of Love: 40 Years Later, by Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, May 20, 2007
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