Documenting an unseen side of Singapore, Kyle Ngo, a photographer sheds a different light on Sisters behind closed doors.
Title: Sisters As I walked through those wooden doors, I saw a lady waving at me with a smile and hope. Her name is Sherry Sherqueshaa, a sex worker who is now a researcher and writer at Project X, a non-profit organization comprising of a small team of staff dedicated volunteers. They would walk […]
Behind closed doors, as Project X’s intern, Kethlyn shares her thoughts.
For the longest time, I had been dreading the completion of the last task that had been assigned to me – writing a personal reflection on my 3 months as Project X’s intern. I use the term ‘dread’ for many reasons; 1) I hopped onto the internship wagon with many questions in my bag. While […]
Does your family know that you do sex work?
Sex work has always been a taboo subject in our conservative society, more so in Singapore whereby sex workers are muted and kept away from sight. The lack of dialogue about sex work not only serves to silence sex workers but also keeps their confidants silent. This makes the people that sex workers confide in […]
Life of a sex worker
I have slept with countless men since I was 14. Now I’m 28. Entertaining and trying the different type of fetish work. Walking from streets to escorts to KTVs. Sleeping with men who are grandfathers, fathers, uncles, brothers. From locals to foreigners. I don’t understand why members of the public should classify them from low […]
Sherry Curating for @HelloFrmSG
When I was offered to curate a Twitter account – HellofrmSG, I knew that it will be an awesome experience and another platform for me to further share my experiences, to advocate and educate on transgender women doing sex work. HellofrmSG has more than four thousands of followers. This was my first time curating a […]
Youth transgender Julie shares her story: (Last part)
(part two available here) Transgender People and Singapore People see transgender women as sex objects. ~Vanessa, on the perception of the transgender population in Singapore Unfortunately, due to the salience of transgender people in contexts related to sex work and nightlife, Vanessa’s words above tend to accurately reflect reality. She explains, “When people hear ‘transwomen’, […]
Youth transgender Julie shares her story: “I woke up” (Part 2)
(part one available here) Julie, with Joe Chan, Centre Director of REACH Youth The drugs gave Julie a sense of confidence and allowed her to stay up for entire days. Also, because of the vitality that the drugs gave her, Julie was able to continue her studies in the day while working the streets at […]
Youth transgender Julie shares her story: “We are not clowns. We are not aliens. We are all the same” (Part 1)
At the tender age of 12, Julie began realising that she was not comfortable dressed like a male. Describing the feeling as “irritating”, Julie laments of the days where she was forced by her family to wear male clothing and carry male apparels. “Maybe they didn’t understand people like me, that’s why they forced me to […]
Beginnings of Scarlet Bunnie (Part 2)
(part one available here) The Agency The agent was swift in his responses and I was soon scheduled for a one-on-one interview with him near the location that the other girls were having the photoshoot to update their profiles. I was loitering around the area of the hotel before stumbling upon a tall, thin and […]
Tales from the Invisible Trade: The Real Cover Up
Amid the flurry of interest that greeted my two Invisible Trade books when they were published, one of the most frequently asked questions aimed at me during book signings and press interviews was, predictably, one of the most obvious: “Are the girls on the covers of your books real escorts?” I’ll grant that it’s something […]