Margo St. James Biography
- Title:
- Founder of Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics (COYOTE)
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Prostitution Be Legal?"
- Reasoning:
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“There’s such a stigma about the money!… Well, that’s the big taboo: sleeping with men for money. It’s perfectly legal--in this state anyway--for a woman to have sex with anyone she chooses, at any time. But the minute five cents changes hands--then boom! She’s a whore, and she goes to jail. It’s ludicrous.”
Sonoma County Independent, Mar. 5-11, 1998
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Founder, St. James Infirmary, 1999
- Candidate, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1996
- Co-Founder, International Committee for Prostitutes’ Rights (ICPR), 1984
- Co-Founder, National Task Force on Prostitution (NFTP), 1979
- Founder, Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics (COYOTE), 1973
- Prostitute, 1962-1966
- Former housekeeper, deck hand, construction worker, private investigator and parking-lot attendant
- Member, Harvey Milk Democratic Club
- Education:
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- Attended Lincoln Law School
- Other:
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- None found
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