'Janni: That's how my life turned out. German youth - transgender queen of The Neighbourhood. From the shadow side of the post-war welfare society. For over fifty years, Janni worked by selling her body, after she came to Oslo as a 13-year-old boy. After all, a "German" didn't need schooling either...
Thousands of men paid for her services, even before her gender reassignment surgery. After lucrative years as a call girl in her own apartment with up to fifteen customers a day, Janni had to endure the derision of the other girls in the Neighbourhood when she reappeared on the street corners. At the same time, she stood up with dignity for something condemned by society. And she didn't let herself be broken by all the adversity. When she had to leave her single-family home, or her 20-year marriage to a much younger man from a wealthy family disintegrated. Severance packages were discussed, but what should a 66-year-old call girl do? The girls in The Neighbourhood still call her "mommy"...'
