Gloria Leonard

Gloria Leonard (1940–2014) was an American pornographic actress, director, publisher, and free-speech activist whose career spanned adult film and publishing.

Hugh Hefner: Hugh Hefner was an American publisher who founded Playboy magazine and built a media business around it. Leonard worked as a Playboy Bunny before entering adult film.
High Society (magazine): High Society is an American pornographic magazine founded in 1976. Leonard became its publisher and used the position to shape its editorial and business direction.
Free Speech Coalition: The Free Speech Coalition is an American trade association representing the adult entertainment industry. Leonard served as its executive director and advocated for adult-industry interests.
Linda Lovelace: Linda Lovelace was an American pornographic actress known for starring in the 1972 film Deep Throat. Her later testimony about coercion contrasts with Leonard's more prominent role as an industry advocate.
Al Goldstein: Al Goldstein was an American publisher who founded the sexually explicit magazine Screw. His publishing career offers a contemporary comparison to Leonard's work at High Society.
Adult film: Adult film is cinema produced primarily to depict explicit sexual activity for adult audiences. Leonard's acting and directing career belongs to this broader medium.
Miller test: The Miller test is the U.S. Supreme Court's three-part standard for determining whether material is legally obscene. This obscenity standard framed legal disputes central to Leonard's free-speech advocacy.
Deep Throat (film): Deep Throat is a 1972 American pornographic film that became a widely discussed cultural phenomenon. Its mainstream notoriety marks the era in which Leonard entered adult film.
Larry Flynt: Larry Flynt was an American publisher and free-speech litigant who founded Hustler magazine. Like Leonard, Flynt combined adult publishing with high-profile First Amendment advocacy.
Pornographic magazine: A pornographic magazine is a periodical featuring sexually explicit images or writing. High Society placed Leonard's publishing work within a print medium with its own markets and controversies.