Carol Leigh/The Scarlot Harlot garments

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Carol Leigh/The Scarlot Harlot garments

circa 1990-2005

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8kh0vxd/

Carol Leigh, also known as, The Scarlot Harlot, was an artist, filmmaker, writer, and sex workers’ rights activist. She is credited with coining the term “sex work” and was the co-founder of the Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network. This collection includes some of Leigh’s garments including dresses designed by Gilbert Baker, wigs, purses, and her guitar.

12.75 linear feet (3 garment boxes, 2 cartons)

eng, Latn

GLBT Historical Society

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Baker, Gilbert, 1951-2017

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Gilbert Baker was an artist, drag queen, and Sister of Perpetual Indulgence who played the central role in the 1978 creation of the rainbow LGBTQ pride flag. Born in Kansas in 1951, Baker was drafted into the U.S. Army as a young man. He was stationed in San Francisco as a medic, remained in the city after his honorable discharge in 1972, and became a drag queen as well as an anti-war and pro-cannabis activist. In 1978, Baker and a team of volunteers dyed and sewed the first rainbow flags for Sa...