WASHINGTON, D.C. August 16 (C-Fam) The Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) announced the appointment of a lesbian activist to the newly-created position of OAS Commissioner for the Rights of Sex Workers. Gloria Careaga Pérez, a Mexican social psychologist, was formerly co-Secretary General of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA). She has had a lengthy history of lesbian and LGBT activism in addition to her academic career, which focused on sexuality and gender studies.