Margo St. James

Margo St. James
Photograph of St. James by filmmaker George Csicsery
Born
Margaret Jean St. James

(1937-09-12)September 12, 1937
DiedJanuary 11, 2021(2021-01-11) (aged 83)
Bellingham, Washington, US
OccupationFeminist activist
Known forFounder of St. James Infirmary Clinic and COYOTE
Spouses
Don Sobjack
(divorced)
(m. 1993; died 2000)
ChildrenDon Sobjack, Jr.

Margaret Jean "Margo" St. James (September 12, 1937 – January 11, 2021) was an American sex worker and sex-positive feminist. In San Francisco, she founded COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics), an organization advocating decriminalization of prostitution, and co-founded the St. James Infirmary Clinic, a medical and social service organization serving sex workers in the Tenderloin.