MEXICO. Mexico City. February 22, 2020. Norman, 44, salesman, divorced with a son.
Norman likes extremely feminine-looking partners, and he used to hang out in the gay area of Mexico City admiring the beauty of the transgender sex workers. One night he decided to pay for the most beautiful one, paying close to 1,500 MXN, and after that he became a regular client. He can't talk openly about it because he comes from a Catholic family that would not understand his tastes, but he thinks that in general men paying for sex is an open secret. He says the secrecy of the whole thing is part of what excites him, and he’s happy to pay extra for the girl's discretion. For him the business of sex work covers an immediate physical need in the first instance, but there’s also an important part in being listened to without judgment and receiving advice from women who have a lot of life experience.