In 2006, Daniel arrived in Hong Kong seeking to ply his trade. He was paid 1,000 yuan, a fair amount at that time. He uploaded his photograph to a compensated-dating website.
After about two years of nine-to-five office work in Shanghai, Daniel was bored. Soon he found some friends with similar taste. Driven by curiosity, he sought out gay photos online back in 1998, back when Internet access was still new to him. The medium-built and sun-tanned young man from Anhui province asked to be identified only by his first name and declined any photos, but he spoke candidly about his life as a sex worker, offering a rare glimpse into a common subculture that is being overlooked in modern society.ĭaniel claimed he was not sensitive to his sexual orientation when he was a boy. When Daniel, 33, decided to explore the gay world in 2000, he never thought he would eventually enter the oldest profession of mankind - prostitution. He found office work boring so despite his well-to-do family background on the mainland, Daniel took up the sex trade.
