This woman is so darn fearless. Sadly, as she points out, her word's not going to be taken seriously. All just because of what she did for a living. But I hope you will put your gut impulse to judge aside and listen to her.
This is Gabriela Leite, a Brazilian woman who died in October 2013. She was a daughter. She was a mother. She was a cancer victim. She was an activist. But above all, Gabriela Leite was a prostitute activist. She had sex for money, and she loved it. She worked to improve the rights of sex workers in Brazil and across the world. And in 2010, she even ran for office! Now that's gutsy.
While there's still work to be done — wayyy too many people won't listen to someone just because she has had sex for money! — Gabriela did a ton of good stuff for her fellow working women (and men). Her memory deserves to live on. I am sad I never got to meet this heroine.
Original video by Laura Murray, a longtime friend of Gabriela and the director of "A Kiss for Gabriela," which is about Gabriela's run for Brazilian federal office (gasp!) in 2010. After watching Gabriela speak, I want to see the movie, and I hope you wanna check it out too! This particular interview with Gabriela made an appearance in the DVD extras. Follow "A Kiss for Gabriela" on Twitter if you want to keep up to date on sex work activism or just learn more about it.
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