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Margo St. James - Harlots and Heroes


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Honoring the recently passed "Patron Saint of Sex Work", today's episode looks at the life and achievements of Margo St. James. Advocate, organizer, and all-around badass, Margo helped shift policy, start some of the first sex worker rights organizations, and established the first peer-to-peer clinic for the community. 

 

-Sources used for this episode-

-Seelye, Katharine Q. "Kit". "Margo St. James, Advocate for Sex Workers, Dies at 83." Newyork Times, 2021.

- Langer, Emily. "Margo St. James, Outspoken Advocate for Sex Workers, Dies at 83."

Washington Post, 2021.

-SJIDirector. "Margo St. James Bio." Saint James Infirmary Clinic.

- Kane, Peter-Astrid. "Margo St. James, Patron Saint of Sex Work, has Died." Them, 2021.

- Aron, Nina Renata. "At the Hookers Ball, Strippers, Dancers, and Activists Took Over San Francisco and Partied for Sex Workers' Rights." Timeline, 2018.

-Margostjames.com

-Wikipedia."Margo St. James." 2021.

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-Wikipedia. " Paul Avery" 2021.

 

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