Fred Cherry

For the United States Air Force officer, see Fred V. Cherry.
Fred Cherry
Born(1926-04-15)April 15, 1926
DiedJuly 30, 2003(2003-07-30) (aged 77)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAnti-prostitution law activist
Years active1962 - 2003

Fred Cherry (15 April 1926 – 30 July 2003) was an American activist for greater rights for janes and johns (clients of prostitutes).[1] He gained some measure of fame as self-styled "elector of homophobia" in his fight against (in his own words) "the Organized Homosexual Conspiracy of America", who he said opposed his own fight to get his freedom to patronize prostitutes recognized as being a matter of civil rights. Cherry headed the New York group Johns and Call Girls United Against Repression.[2]

  1. ^ Tenner, Edward (5 July 2011). "The Ethics of Paying for Sex, Revisited". The Atlantic. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. ^ Clark, Charles S. (11 June 1993). "Prostitution. Will neighborhood crackdowns curb the sex trade?". CQ Researcher. 3 (22): 505–528. Retrieved 4 February 2019.