Sex workers in Berlin are emerging from the shadows to tell the history of their profession.
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"We've been here for generations and we belong here and we deserve to work here safely," said one of the initiators, who goes by the name Emma Pankhurst in tribute to the British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst. As snow began to fall, she recounted the early days of the sex trade beneath the Buelowstrasse overground train as the city started to boom after the Franco-Prussian War.
Schoeneberg became a heady mix of middle-class Germans, prostitutes, Turkish immigrants and a vibrant LGBTQ scene, making nonconformist newcomers like David Bowie feel right at home. Prostitution is legal in Germany but since 2017 all sex workers have been required to register, submit to regular health checkups and use condoms.
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