Nona Moselle Conner (December 12, 1983 May 13, 2021) was a

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-based activist for the rights of

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and

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women.

Career

She was a member of the Collective Action for Safe Spaces (an anti- street harassment nonprofit) after being introduced to its executive director, Jessica Raven, by a friend at

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. Since 2016, she had a paid position at CASS. She was an organizer of CASS's DecrimNow campaign, which aimed to decriminalize sex work.

Personal life

Conner described herself as a "triple minority": black, gay and transgender. Conner had previously been stabbed 48 times by a man in what was a suspected anti-transgender hate crime, after she rejected his request to give him

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. She had previously suffered housing insecurity, financial instability, and was previously involved in

sex work Sex work is "the exchange of sexual services, performances, or products for material compensation. It includes activities of direct physical contact between buyers and sellers as well as indirect sexual stimulation". Sex work only refers to volun ...

. Conner died on May 13, 2021.

Career

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