2009 Photo Contest, Portraits, Stories, 2nd prize

Pep Bonet

Noor for Positive Lives

22 May, 2008

Manuel Martinez, known as 'La Negra', is a transsexual sex worker in San Pedro Sula. He has known for the past five years that he is HIV positive. San Pedro Sula is the second largest city in Honduras and has one of the highest instances of HIV in the country. Transsexual sex workers are particularly vulnerable to infection. Conservative family and religious values mean that gays and transsexuals are often victims of rejection and violence.


Pep Bonet


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