Astoryoffaithanddisbelief.Ofuprootednessandaffiliation.WhatmakesaboyfromartschooldecidetoleavehomeandliveasagirlonthestreetsofBerlinsellingherbodyformoney?Formorethantenyears,photographerandfilmmakerJ.JackieBaierfollowedtranssexualJuliaK.fromherbirthplace,KlaipedainLithuania,tohertoughlifeonthestreetsasahooker,outlawandnonconformistwhoneversignedanysocialcontract. "Juliaismissingagain.YesterdayIvisitedherintheporncinema,inwhereshehascrashedforthelastsixmonths.Wesatinthecommonroomofthehookers,whichdoubledasJulia´sbedroom;asmoky,dingybasementwithoutanydaylight,roughlythesizeofaprisoncell,withacouch,acounter,acoffeemachineandaTV,outofwhichsomecheaptelevisionseriesblaredatfullvolume.Thisroomwaswhatherlifewaslimitedto.SheonlyleftitwhenMamsellcalledherforaclient.I´dseenherfortheveryfirsttimewhileshestillworkedatabarinWilmersdorf.Forsometimewebothworkedthere,temptingclientswithbooze,offersofsex,whateverwouldbringinmoney.Isoonleftthebusiness,though.T
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