Veronica Vera Writes

Welcome to the world of Miss Veronica Vera! This is my blog charting my 40+ years as author, artist, sex worker & activist

Activism

Norma Jean Almodovar, VV, two sex workers who preferred anonymity, Gloria Lockett.
10 MIN READ

Margo St. James, mother of the modern sex workers’ rights movement, has died. She left the planet on January 11. 2021. This article describes the international gathering of sex workers at the European Parliament in Brussels that Margo organized with Gayle Phedersen in October 1986.…Read More

Veronica prowls the city in search of sidewalk hookers, from the black women on the Lexington Avenue beat to the queens who work near the West Side highway.
8 MIN READ

Throughout the 1980’s I had a column in ADAM magazine called “Veronica Vera’s New York.” Here’s one of the treasures from my archives. I look forward to sharing more with you from my past as well as my present. Your comments are most welcome. I invite you to subscribe, and if you already have, thanks a lot!…Read More

Mr. &. Mrs. Lock
5 MIN READ

Do you believe in miracles? To those who suffered arrests and continue to suffer discrimination, the vote in NY State to legalize gay marriage may feel like a miracle. Like most miracles, its outcome has roots in rational causes and effects. In a recent New Yorker article, David Remnick cited one of those roots as…Read More