In photos: sex workers marched to demand their rights and freedom to work



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Yessenia is 30 years old as a sex worker, she started at 15 years old and since then she has not been able to work in a dignified and free way.

Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital.  Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital. Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae

Sex workers with the support of the Callejeta Women’s Support Brigade “Eloisa Martínez” They came out to protest Labor Day to demand labor rights that allow them to denounce pimps or madrotas, who charge them 500 pesos every day

Yessenia during the demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day.  Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Yessenia during the demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day. Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital.  Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital. Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital.  Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital. Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae

Yessenia remembers the beatings she received when she refused to pay and was hospitalized with broken bones following violence against her work. “We are calm when the madrotas go on vacation with the money from our work, when they are not, it is calmer” he told Infobae Mexico.

Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital.  Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital. Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital.  Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital. Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital.  Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital. Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital.  Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital. Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital.  Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital. Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital.  Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae
Demonstration of sex workers as part of May 1, Labor Day, where they marched from Corregidora Street, passing through Circunvalación, to reach the Zócalo in the capital. Mexico City, May 1, 2021. Photo: Karina Hernández / Infobae

Ensures that sex work for transgender people is not protected. Yessenia met her husband during a service, “he protected me a lot” he told us about the many times he was in danger.

She started as a sex worker after her father died, the burden of financial responsibilities fell on her and today she has gone out with her colleagues to demand decent work, shouting “the corner belongs to the one who works it.”

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