Intimacy coordinators have voted to join SAG-AFTRA, the union announced on Tuesday. The vote is the latest step in a five-year effort to professionalize the role of intimacy coordinators, who serve as liaisons between performers and the production during filming of sex scenes.
The union did not reveal the number of intimacy coordinators who voted to join, but did say that the vote was unanimous. Fran Drescher, the union’s president, also alluded to the recent presidential election in her statement.
“In these sobering times with looming threats to environmental protections and women’s equality, it is refreshing to see the entertainment industry’s recognition of intimacy coordinators and their important
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