High Demand For Transgender Sex Workers In Middle East
By On Top Magazine Staff
Published: October 28, 2012
http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=13392&MediaType=1&Category=24Transgender sex workers are in high demand in the Middle East but the risks might not be worth the payout.
In interviews with Foreign Policy, several such workers said their services are in big demand.
"The men there love me," said Mya, who is Thai-Chinese and currently working in San Francisco. "When I walk in the street or in the mall, boys are all over me."
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Ladyboys in the Gulf
The riches of the United Arab Emirates hold promise for transgender sex workers, but also danger and unspeakable cruelty.
BY SULOME ANDERSON | OCTOBER 19, 2012
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/10/19/UAE_transgender_sex_tortureMya makes no bones about what she does for a living. Her website is frank about the services she offers as a transgender sex worker; they range from the "girlfriend experience" to the "VIP treatment" and everything in between.
"We are not criminals," she says adamantly in a Skype interview from San Francisco, where she is currently working. "When people come to see me, I take the appointment seriously. I do my best to make them happy. We're all legal adults; my customers are not bad people. Sometimes they're having trouble with their marriages; sometimes they just want more spice in their lives."
Unfortunately for Mya, prostitution is illegal in the United States -- though not in Canada, where her website is registered. Because she is so easily found online, her name has been changed to protect her identity.
