| Nona Moselle Conner | |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Death Place: | Washington, D.C., United States |
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.
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]
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]