Male sex workers in Thailand
The path they can’t choose
Before the show, performers in go-go bars use undersized condoms to compress blood vessels, forcing an appearance of enlarged penis.
A male sex worker strips to get into his perform shorts. The mirror behind gives an illusion of wider stage in the small bar
A male sex worker shows his traditional Thai-Khamer tattoo on his back while standing on the stage.
Bodybuilding is the activity where many male sex workers do before their work start, they need to make their body fascinating to clients.
Every bar provides locker room and shower for their workers to relax and freshen up.
Aging male sex workers who do not quit the industry usually rise to the rank of “Mamasan,” presiding over lesser experienced sex workers. Mamasans are general managers who do for the wellbeings of sex workers under their wings, as well as screen the clients to protect the workers from potential violence.
A bar in Saphan Kwai neighbourhood has to transform into an Isaan food restaurant. With the clientele having moved to online platform and the state’s crackdown on prostitution, this bar chose to remodel the business.
Images of the revereed King Bhumibhol and Queen Sirikiti are displayed in a dressing room in a go-go bar.
A pile of unmatched lottery tickets in a bar. Like millions of Thais who regularly purchase lottery tickets, male sex workers make this semimonthly investment in faint hopes of immediate riches.
Police orders that service businesses display a sign “prostitution is prohibited” in front of the establishment.