“Within a week I will be dry, unable to pay for my groceries and rent. I’m afraid of starving. “ On the other end of the phone, Julia’s voice is feverish. This 46-year-old sex worker (TDS) stopped her usual professional activity for several weeks, even before the confinement began.
As the Covid-19 epidemic progressed, she feared mainly for her health. “I am HIV positive [sous traitement donc indétectable, ndlr] and I was afraid of getting sick, says the one who usually receives her clients in her Parisian apartment. It was too great a risk to take. I do not want to die.”
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Testimonies like this one, the Rhinestone (Sex Work Union) receives a lot every day. “From a health point of view, we should obviously stop working, recognizes his spokesperson Anaïs de Lenclos. But for many TDS it’s either back
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