Veronica Vera is an American

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writer and actress. She is best known for the films '' Times Square Comes Alive'',

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's ''Consenting Adults'', ''

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'', and ''Rites of Passion'', as well as her work with photographer

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from 1982. Vera is a former

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trader and is also known for running the

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school Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want to be Girls, on which she wrote a book, ''Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls'', published by Doubleday in 1997.

Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want to be Girls

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attended the school while researching a role in the film '' The Extra Man''. One of the school's most popular topics of instruction is walking in

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s. In 2008, Vera said more than 5,000 people, including many women, had enrolled in this class in the previous 12 years.

References

External links

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''Times Square Comes Alive'' scene at YouTube

"Veronica Vera: A Consenting Adult"
''The Rialto Report'', audio interview with Veronica Vera {{DEFAULTSORT:Vera, Veronica Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American educators American film actresses American relationships and sexuality writers Writers from New York (state) American feminist writers Bisexual feminists Bisexual women American LGBT writers American LGBT rights activists Sex worker activists in the United States Sex-positive feminists Sex educators 1997 books Doubleday (publisher) books American women non-fiction writers American sex workers American pornographic film actresses