The Boyfriend Thief – Happiness at the expense of someone else’s misery.
If another woman steals your man, there is no better revenge than letting her keep him. A REAL MAN CAN’T BE STOLEN. Dear Sex/Entertainment workers, Boyfriends are always a hot topic among us sex/entertainment workers. We are all living in a world of social media and we pour almost every bit of our personal stories […]
Beginnings of Scarlet Bunnie (Part 1)
Introduction My name is Scarlet. I am 20 years old this year, Chinese and not the least conservative. My decent looking outer appearance and petite stature has deceived everyone into thinking that I am mere girl-next- door, no different from the typical college girl that you see when taking public transport. Of course, I am […]
Tales from the Invisible Trade: One Brief Shining Moment
It’s been ten years since I wrote Invisible Trade 2: Secret Lives and Sexual Intrigue in Singapore (the sequel to the bestselling Invisible Trade: High-Class Sex for Sale in Singapore), and I have one particularly fond memory attached to it. After it was published, I was invited to present it at a reading/signing session in […]
Trans Women and Domestic Work
Introduction How do you validate unpaid domestic work? Most of us will be influenced by cultures belief and family views on domestic work. When we do think about it, we mostly imagine only cisgender women as those who participate in unpaid care work. This is because we view these chores as a woman’s responsibility due […]
Why Do Men in Singapore Engage in Unprotected Sex with Sex Workers
In October, a group of SMU Social Science students paired up with Project X to conduct research on attitudes towards condom use amongst Singaporean men who engage the services of sex workers. They interviewed a total of 65 clients via online surveys as well as in person at Geylang, Little India, and Orchard Towers. Of […]
Why should sex work be considered work?
Most of us would have heard of the general terms that people would refer to folks who are working in the sex industry. First and foremost, the term “sex work”, is an umbrella term for all forms of labor in which sexual gratification of the client is the main objective. According to the documentation by […]
Standing ovation for the rising star, Syuhaida
Exclusive Interview with the rising star, Syuhaida. A transsexual sex worker who inspires to provide the platform for LGBT community to invest their passion on stage. Some know her as Syuhaida or Che Tah SG, but everyone knows that she is Singapore’s Celebrity Vlogger. Not only her live feed in Facebook attracts hundreds of viewers, […]
A Life Abused: An Interview with Doris
The following interview contains content involving child abuse and some violent content. Discretion is advised. Too often, the social system tramples on the very people it is meant to protect. The crushing reality of this is all the more apparent for transgender sex workers, who are caught right in the intersection of two marginalised social […]
The Stories of Muslim Transgender/Cisgender Woman Sex Workers
During the ninth month of Islamic calendar which is Ramadan, Muslims worldwide are fasting for a period of 29-30 days. Muslims are to refrain from consuming food and drink, smoking and engaging sexual activities etc from dawn till sunset. And refraining from behaving indecently and not to say ill or vulgar. This annual obligatory ritual […]
Increasing Access to Justice for Sex Workers: 2015 Report
In 2014, Project X started an Abuser Alert Program, a scheme that enables sex workers to firstly report crimes against them to us, and secondly to alert them to potential abusers as reported by others. This program was established because through the years that Project X has been on the ground, we realised that many […]