1.   Activists read several statements from working prostitutes, who claimed they are harassed by police and are not always taken seriously when complaints are made.

2.   Drug addicts and runaways, they represent the working prostitutes left on the streets.

3.   She spoke on the condition of anonymity because she is a working prostitute and a transsexual who is waiting for her final sex change operation.

4.   The fines fund a program of counseling for working prostitutes arrested in the city, including help with domestic violence, AIDS and substance-abuse problems.

5.   They also try to recruit working prostitutes, who descend on beer halls each day in search of customers with a few dollars.

6.   And all four were either working prostitutes or employed in related fields.