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11 Facts About Carol Leigh

1.

Carol Leigh was a Red diaper baby, and her family was Jewish.

2.

Carol Leigh later attended Binghamton University and Empire State College, where she obtained a BA in creative writing.

3.

Carol Leigh attended the Boston University MFA program for creative writing.

4.

Carol Leigh did not report this to the police for fear of the establishment being shut down.

5.

Carol Leigh was a character, always injecting an element of over-the-top satire into our protests and deliberations, with a devilish grin and a wink in her eye.

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In San Francisco, Carol Leigh joined the AIDS activist organization Citizens For Medical Justice and collaborated with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

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Carol Leigh was one of the main contributors to the San Francisco Task Force on Prostitution, whose report calling for the decriminalization of prostitution was published in 1996.

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Carol Leigh performed in San Francisco and at the 1983 National Festival of Women's Theater in Santa Cruz.

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Carol Leigh began making videos in 1985, and received awards from the American Film Institute for Yes Means Yes, No Means No; Outlaw Poverty, Not Prostitutes and Mother's Mink.

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Carol Leigh joined the show and created and developed several characters for it.

11.

Carol Leigh died of cancer on November 16,2022, at age 71.