the sex worker Scarlet Harlot uses the expression "sex worker to define prostitution, demanding professionalization and equal rights for whores in the labor market" (339)
joined by Ellen Willis, the prostitutes of San Francisco (COYOTE, formed by Margot Saint James); members of PONY (Prostitutes of New York); HIV activists from ACT UP, and "some radical lesbians and sadomasochists" (the Lesbian Avengers, SAMOIS, etc.)