Nona Conner

Nona Moselle Conner (December 12, 1983 – May 13, 2021) was a Washington, D.C.-based activist for the rights of sex workers, women of color and transgender women.

Nona Moselle Conner
Born	(1983-12-12)December 12, 1983 Washington, D.C., United States
Died	May 13, 2021(2021-05-13) (aged 37) Washington, D.C., United States

Career

She was a member of the Collective Action for Safe Spaces (an anti-street harassment nonprofit) after being introduced to its executive director, Jessica Raven, by a friend at Whitman-Walker Health.^[1] Since 2016, she had a paid position at CASS.^[1] She was an organizer of CASS's DecrimNow campaign, which aimed to decriminalize sex work.^[2]

Personal life

Conner described herself as a "triple minority": black, gay and transgender.^[1]

Conner had previously been stabbed 48 times by a man in what was a suspected anti-transgender hate crime, after she rejected his request to give him oral sex. She had previously suffered housing insecurity, financial instability, and was previously involved in sex work.^[3]

Conner died on May 13, 2021.^[3][4][5]