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COYOTE, or
Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics, is a
sex worker
activist organization. COYOTE's goals include the
decriminalization (as opposed to the
legalization) of
prostitution,
pimping and
pandering, as well as the elimination of
social stigma concerning sex work as an occupation.
Though it's frequently described as a prostitutes' rights group, COYOTE's mission includes advocating for all varieties sex workers of all genders, including
strippers,
phone sex operators and
adult film performers. COYOTE provides counseling and legal referrals for sex workers, and assistance in leaving sex work for different careers.
Services
COYOTE provides expert advice and
sensitivity training for social service and
law enforcement agencies that deal with sex workers. COYOTE members have testified as
expert witnesses during trials. The organization works to educate the general public about sex work, and promotes education about
safe sex,
AIDS and
sexually transmitted disease among sex workers, their clients and the general public.
History
COYOTE was founded in
California in
1973 by
Margo St. James, a
feminist former prostitute. She chose the name COYOTE because novelist
Tom Robbins called her a "
coyote trickster" and came up with "Call Off Your Old Tired
Ethics" to fit the chosen
acronym. St. James believed that sex work should be considered labor equivalent to any other career, writing in 1977 that "to make a great distinction between being paid for an hour's sexual services, or an hour's typing, or an hour's acting on a stage is to make a distinction that isn't there." (Chapkis)
"Samantha" and Gloria Lockett were co-directors of COYOTE in the early 1990s. They had been critical of the group for focusing on "higher class" prostitutes (such as
call girls and
escorts) and caucasians, while ignoring the concerns of streetwalkers and ethnic minorities. (Chapkis)
Norma Jean Almodovar is currently the director of COYOTE
Los Angeles. There is also a COYOTE branch in
San Francisco.
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