Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Journey into the Heart of Transgender Prostitution in the Bronx
http://www.bronxnewsnetwork.org/2010/11/journey-into-heart-of-transgender.htmlIt's a slow Monday night for Bianca, a transgender prostitute who operates on the corner of East 192nd Street and Davidson Avenue -- a quiet residential intersection near St. James Park, a place where the "->-bleeped-<-" sex trade has flourished, to the chagrin of local residents, for more than a decade.
"What are you doing here?" Bianca asks a potential customer, smiling coyly. "You're looking good."
Bianca's hair is pulled back tight against her skull, a frizzy, kink of thick dark hair puffs out into a pony tail. Her heavily made-up face is highlighted by voluptuous dark red, almost purple, lips, and big dangling, gold-colored hoop earrings.
