Lyle is 21 years old and does sex work part-time. It was really interesting to hear his stories and experiences. I was born in Maastricht, in the South of the Netherlands. I worked for a couple of months as a prostitute to save some money and alternated with traveling in South-America. Since one year now, I live, study and work in Amsterdam.
You have to be registered at the Chamber of Commerce for example. Besides that, I noticed a difference between the city and the countryside. In the small village in Belgium I had a lot of clients who were married or were not open about their homosexuality. They visited me because that was the only way for them to have sex with a man. In the Netherlands my clients are mostly wealthy gay men who already came out of the closet.
No, unfortunately there are only spots for transsexuals or transgenders. A lot of people ask me this question. Homosexuality used to be unaccepted back in the days, so I think that the visibility of homosexuality has always been a difficult issue. The Red Light District started as a place where sailors arrived after long periods at sea.
Male prostitutes were not a part of this. I have no idea why transgenders nowadays are on the Red Light District and male gays are not. But I think prostitution worldwide has always been mostly concentrated around streets and parks. Also the internet is being used as a market place nowadays, instead of brothels. Personally I prefer being an escort instead of a window prostitute because it costs a lot of money to rent a window.
I guess sometimes you have to wait for a long time, so I think I would get bored. The rest of the day I can do whatever I want. I was a member of a shady chatbox and sometimes older gay men offered me money to have sex with them. At that time, I thought those men were gross, so I blocked them. But my opinion changed when I started to engage in political activities. I remembered the sexual offers I got when I was younger and started to reconsider it.
