Robyn Few

Who is Robyn Few?

Robyn Few was born on Oct 7, 1958, in Paducah, Kentucky, and died Sept 13, 2012, after a long struggle with cancer. She was an American sex worker rights activist who worked for the decriminalization of prostitution, against violence targeted at sex workers, and generally for the improvement of sex workers' working conditions. A former prostitute, she founded and directed the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA and helped organize the annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.

She advocated the complete removal of prostitution from criminal codes and disapproved of a legalization model as in Nevada.

According to her biography on SWOP's website, she had worked as an exotic dancer, then pursued a college degree in theater, and was active in the medical marijuana movement in California. She first began working as a prostitute since 1996.

In June 2002 she was arrested by an F.B.I. SWAT team. She pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to promote prostitution in December 2002 and received a sentence of 6 months house arrest and three years probation in November 2003.