Visitors were encouraged to mingle during the four-hour memorial, which at times felt more like a ceremony in celebration of Mistress Velvet, known personally as Dani Achiaa B. Mistress Velvet died by suicide May 8 after months of struggling with their mental health, friends said.
Velvet was famous for making their white, male clients read about Black feminist theory. And they advocated for multiple causes as an executive director for the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA and as director of education and training for Resilience, an Illinois-based nonprofit that advocates for survivors of sexual violence. They were a direct descendent of Yaa Asentewaa , the queen mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire who led the Ashanti rebellion against British colonialism in the s.
Velvet got started in sex work about 10 years ago, but struggled at first to find their confidence as a dominatrix, Koch said. The two married in β the same year they moved from North Carolina to Chicago. They also fought against interpersonal and sexual violence. People can donate to B. Subscribe to Block Club Chicago. Already subscribe? Click here to support Block Club with a tax-deductible donation. Original Reporting This article contains new, firsthand information uncovered by its reporter s.
Sources Cited As a news piece, this article cites verifiable, third-party sources which have all been thoroughly fact-checked and deemed credible by the Newsroom. Vistors wrote notes to Mistress Velvet during their memorial ceremony on May 15, Credit: Provided Velvet got started in sex work about 10 years ago, but struggled at first to find their confidence as a dominatrix, Koch said.
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