As thousands of sex workers are pushed out of their historic spot in Mexico City, they are turning to collective action: organizing, resisting, and protecting one another in the face of growing pressure.
"This year marks sixteen years of me working as a sex worker in Mexico City," writes Natalia Lane, a trans sex worker, journalist, and activist. "We have endured the COVID pandemic, the arrival of drug trafficking, and anti-trafficking operations… But I had never seen consequences as cruel as those brought by the arrival of the World Cup."
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