thierry schaffaucer

THIERRY SCHAFFAUCER

Thierry Schaffauser (b. 1982 in Suresnes) is a French sex worker and social activist.

He initially caused attention as an activist of Act up-Paris. In 2006 Schaffauser cofounded Les Putes - a Paris-based group defending sex workers' rights.^[1] He is also the president of the GMB Sex Workers Branch.^[2] Since 8 December 2009 he has been a member of the board of the French sex workers trade union STRASS responsible for international relations.^[3]

Schaffauser co-authored Fières d'être putes (with Maîtresse Nikita, 2007). He appeared in a few porn films produced by Eurocreme and Triga Films and was the winner of the Erotic Award in 2010.^[4] Schaffauser is also one of the organisers of Hackney Pride, a LGBT event that gathered 1,000 persons in East London. ^[5] In spring 2011, Schaffauser as Chair of Out East initiated controversy around East End Gay Pride, calling for the cancellation of the demonstration which according to him could raise unnecessary tension between Muslim and LGBT communities and denounced the link between some organisers of the march and the English Defense League. ^[6]

[edit]References

1. ^ de Boni, Marc (22 March 2009). "Putes, et fières de l’être" (in French). lecourant.info. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
2. ^ "International Workers Day". GMB. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
3. ^ "A new team for STRASS". STRASS. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
4. ^ "2010 finalists: Sex Worker, male". Erotic Awards. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
5. ^ "Hundreds join together in hackney pride". Hackney gazette. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
6. ^ "Open Letter to the organisers of East End Gay pride". Pink News. Retrieved 14 March 2011.

[edit]External links

• Schaffauser, Thierry (5 February 2010). "Profile: Thierry Schaffauser". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2010.

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