Objective: Identify personal, psychological, social, and health factors regarding them. The survey covered the following topics: prejudice, family relations, work conditions and health care. Methodology: this is a qualitative study based on interviews with sex workers in Belo Horizonte. Results/discussion: many sex workers do not reveal their profession as a way of shielding themselves from social prejudice and also to avoid distancing themselves from their family. These women are exposed to a precarious, unsafe and with inadequate conditions environment, where physical wear is intense. A group of the interviewers believes that having special health care is positive, however some of them question if this separation is prejudice in itself. This divergence was also found in the medical-patient relationship, since a part of them believes that medical professionals are able to take care of them, while others say that, due to the discrimination, health care has become inadequate. Conclusion: It was shown that prejudice interferes in family relations and in the way the interviewers deal with day-today situations. The negligence regarding health care, associated with precarious work conditions, highlights the importance of health promotion. Due to the context in which these sex workers are immersed into, and since this subject is poorly explored, this study stress the need for more research to be carried out into this group.