Transsexuals find no jobs so they walk the streets
No jobs so they walk the streets
When yours truly was surfing, I came across this article in the New Sunday Times. Syabas to the paper for highlighting this issue. What am I talking about?
There is a little village in a remote corner of Kedah which comes alive after night falls. Men come to this village, single or in groups, their eyes roving, while sex workers — all transsexuals — parade about in their stilettos in hopes of snaring another customer for the night.
The transaction is carried out business-like and often, the romp will take place in the shacks nearby. Many have also died. Some 25 of them have died of AIDS since the early 1990s.
Kasih a sex worker said, “All of them were close friends. I was tested negative for HIV in 2004, and I know I should get another test done. Of course, I’m scared to take the test again but I have to know if I am having the disease now,” said the 36-year-old.
Many transsexuals would stop being sex workers if they could find jobs. But they do not stand a chance as long as society is not willing to accept them.
In Kasih’s words: “We don’t want pity. We want jobs.”
The large number of AIDS-related deaths in the village has prompted the Malaysian AIDS Council to step in with prevention programmes such as condom promotion, access to voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and health promotion programmes,
“The police and religious authorities need to understand that what we are doing is harm reduction work. It would be a major challenge for our outreach workers to implement their programmes if they are living in fear of the authorities.”
The majority of the readers of this blog are not in a position to help these transsexuals. What we can do however is to throw away our negative perception of them, all our prejudices and accept them as individuals and not as members of some fringe groups of society.
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how much?
wuching,
I guess less than RM30. You read the nst report, one of them getting RM30 to RM60 per night, so 1 transaction is definitely less than that
You wanna go to Kedah or not?
if wuching wants to go, i will sponsor RM30.more than that he has to find sponsors from ads to supplement however if he can make it a quick one so can get a discount mah….money not easy now with toll hike
and high petroleum prices :((((
OK!! sponsor me & i’ll go!
i will arrange for live streaming n advertisers n best international broadcasr hours..i am going to earn a zillion