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Laura LeMoon

Laura LeMoon is a sex worker, sex trafficking survivor, writer, and author. She has collaborated with the United Nations, the CDC, USDOJ and more on policy related to sex work and sex trafficking internationally. Her book of poetry Dirty was released in 2021 and is inspired by many of her experiences in the sex industry.

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NOBODY’S VICTIM

Stormy Daniels Felt She Couldn’t Say No to Sex With Trump

“I didn’t want it, but I allowed it to happen,” the adult film star says in a new documentary that sheds lights on their fateful encounter.

Laura LeMoon

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ERASE THE STIGMA

Her Death Should Wake Us Up to Violence Against Sex Workers

“This isn’t ‘Pretty Woman,’” sex worker and advocate Laura LeMoon writes amid the murder investigation into adult film star Sophia Leone’s death.

Laura LeMoon

The Stroll
SURVIVAL MODE

‘The Stroll’ Reclaims History for NYC’s Trans Sex Workers

HBO’s new documentary explores the pre-gentrified days of New York’s Meatpacking District and the lives of the trans women who built a community there.

Laura LeMoon

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HEIGHT OF IGNORANCE

I’m a Sex Worker. Shame on Bill Maher for Mocking Us.

Laura LeMoon is a sex worker, sex-trafficking survivor, and activist. She writes about why Bill Maher—and anti-sex work orgs like Exodus Cry and NCOSE—have it so very wrong.

Laura LeMoon

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