Inside a world of danger: Life as a transgender sex worker

[stephaniec]

Inside a world of danger: Life as a transgender sex worker

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20151023_Inside_a_world_of_danger__Life_as_a_transgender_sex_worker.html

Philly/VINNY VELLA, Daily News Staff Writer Posted: Friday, October 23, 2015, 12:16 AM

"EVERY MORNING, in the empty hours between midnight and dawn, a thousand stories are told on Old York Road. Tales of desperation, isolation, resignation.
Above all, tales of danger.
Transgender women, about a dozen at a time, wrap themselves in body-clinging outfits, their nails long, hair crimped. They coo at passing drivers, greet them with a smile."

[suzifrommd]

Great story. Really opens eyes toward the realities of transphobia and discrimination.