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How Scarlot Harlot Fought for Sex Worker Rights in SF

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Black and white image of a woman reading a book. She is sitting crooked on a chair with her knees pulled up and feet in the air. Beneath her is a striking checkerboard floor.
Carol Leigh as Scarlot reads the definition of prostitution in 'The Adventures of Scarlot Harlot' in 1983. (Courtesy of the Carol Leigh estate)

This Labor Day,  Bay Curious brings us the story of Carol Leigh — better known as “Scarlot Harlot” — the woman who coined the term “sex work,” and the history of the sex worker rights movement in San Francisco.


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