Artist, director, activist. Known primarily for her collaborative short Prowling by
Night (1990, 12 min), this Toronto-based artist, performer, filmmaker, and activist
was known simply as Gwendolyn. Her prolific work on behalf of sex workers in Toronto
began in 1977 with the founding of BEAVER (Better End All Vicious Erotic Repression).
She was a key player in the early advocacy group Canadian Organization for the Rights
of Prostitutes (CORP) and a founding member of Maggie’s (Toronto Prostitutes’ Community
Service Project, 1986) and SWAT (Sex Workers’ Alliance of Toronto, 1992). Prowling
by Night, made with the participation of 21 sex workers, documents police harassment
and HIV prevention efforts. The film was part of Five Feminist Minutes, made for the
National Film Board of Canada to celebrate the 15th anniversary of studio D.
Media Queer. “Gwendolyn .,” June 5, 2015. https://www.mediaqueer.ca/artist/gwendolyn.