Gloria Leonard

‎thumb|Gloria Leonard Gloria Leonard Gale Sandra Klinetsky (August 28, 1940 – February 3, 2014), known professionally as Gloria Leonard, was an American pornographic film actress and publisher of High Society magazine. As a board member of Adult Video Association and its successor the Free Speech Coalition, Leonard was an outspoken advocate for the adult film industry and free speech rights. Quotes Honoring Gloria Leonard, Trailblazer in Erotic Cinema ‎Gloria Leonard, Pioneer of Erotic Film, Remembered This could turn into a real test of free speech under the First Amendment. If it come to that, frankly, I don’t see us losing. Get it out of my system. I said the whole point of the women’s movement is for women to choose whatever they want to do. Why should my choice be considered any less or more valid than your choice?. Gloria Leonard: Rebel With A Cause ‎Gloria Leonard: A Rebel Driven by Purpose There was a newscaster, a TV journalist in New York. We’d met and we had a couple of dates sans sex and there was some chemistry and we were getting along quite well, so finally the big night arrived. I was at his apartment in Manhattan and he broke out some cocaine and we drank some champagne, and we were groping a bit on the couch in the living room and he said “Let’s move this into my bedroom”. I go into the bathroom and while I’m in the bathroom changing and primping, I hear my own voice coming out of the bedroom, and so I march out and sure enough on the TV screen in the master bedroom is a film of mine. I said “I don’t understand, why are you playing this. I thought you’d get a big kick out of this. At that point I realized what was expected of me, and frankly I was ready walk out of there straight away. If it’s a performance you want, it’s a performance you’ll get. I made damn sure that was the end of that relationship. It offends me deeply. I despise the Vegas meets Disneyland hell-hole that it’s become. I miss seeing a hooker or a guy taking a leak in a doorway somewhere. Where’s the element of danger and funkiness that generated so much excitement?” A failed person who never took responsibility for her own actions, but rather blamed every ill thing that had happened in her life on the fact that she’d once briefly been in this industry. I was somewhat taken aback as I was easily ten years older than almost every other woman. I was 35 when I got into this business and the prospect of becoming a so-called sex symbol at this stage was. I was raising a child at the time. External links Gloria Leonard ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Category:Businesspeople from the United States ‎Category:1940 births ‎Category:2014 deaths Category:Businesswomen from the United States ‎Category:Living people Category:Feminists from the United States Category:Pornographic film actresses from the United States Category:Publishers from the United States