Co-founder and Coordinator of the National Task Force on Prostitution
Position:
Pro to the question "Should prostitution be legal?"
Reasoning:
"The right to be a prostitute is as important as the right not to be one. It is the right to set the terms of one’s own sexuality, plus the right to earn a good living."
Organizations/VIPs/Others
Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories.
Involvement and Affiliations:
Director of Research and Evaluation, Foundation for Research on Sexually Transmitted Disease (FROST'D)
Co-founder and Coordinator, The National Task Force on Prostitution (NFTP), 1979-2000
Founding Member, Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics (COYOTE), 1976-1995
Consultant, Global Programme on AIDS, World Health Organization (WHO),1989-1993
Founding Member, California Prostitutes Education Project (CAL-PEP), 1987-1989
Former Co-director, COYOTE San Francisco
Former Action Coordinator, California National Organization for Women (NOW)
Academic Advisory Boardmember, International Sex Worker Foundation For Art, Culture and Education (ISWFACE)
Education:
Attended Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
San Francisco State University
Bank Street College of Education
BA, Bennington College, 1960
Contact Info:
Phone: 212-920-0823 Fax: None found E-Mail: prisjalex@gmail.com Website:
Privacy requested
Select Publications:
"Sex Work and Health: A Question of Safety in the Workplace," Journal of American Medical Women's Association, 1998
Frederique Delacoste and Priscilla Alexander, Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry, 1998
Cowritten with Cohen, Judith B., Priscilla Alexander, and Constance Wofsy, "Prostitutes and AIDS: Public Policy Issues," AIDS & Public Policy Journal, 1988
Organizations/VIPs/Others