There were few options left for Sasha Washington, a trans woman living in New York, to get the money she needed to survive. So at the age of 15, she was forced to turn to “survival sex.”
Washington, who is now 28 and no longer homeless, opened up about her destitute past to HuffPost Live’s Josh Zepps on Friday. She was first introduced to survival sex, in which the payment typically involves cash or shelter, by a friend. When Washington found herself without any resources in New York City, she couldn’t refuse the opportunity.
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