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"Tu te imaginas cuando mi hijo esté grande y yo le diga 'hijo, yo era prostituta' ... lo mato." A Patricia, que así quiso la llamase, la conocí un día mientras terminaba de grabar una historia para Discovery sobre alguna prostituta transgénero de 19 años que "vivía" en el Hotel RORA del Rosal en Caracas, Venezuela. La vi cansada. Eran casi las 5pm y tenía cara de no querer hablar con nadie. Me acerqué y le ofrecí un cigarro. "No chico, no fumo, gracias." Y solo con cinco pala
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