Real was born in 1929 in Lausanne. A divorced mother of four children, she began working as a prostitute in Germany in the 1960s and later moved to Geneva, becoming a leading campaigner for prostitutes’ rights. In her autobiographical books “Black is a colour” and “Dance card of a courtesan” she denounced the hypocrisy of a society that condemns prostitutes while using their services.

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