{"id":48222,"date":"2016-12-11T10:25:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T15:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/true-confessions-a-week-in-the-life-of-a-male-sex-worker-from-dublin\/"},"modified":"2016-12-11T10:25:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T15:25:35","slug":"true-confessions-a-week-in-the-life-of-a-male-sex-worker-from-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/true-confessions-a-week-in-the-life-of-a-male-sex-worker-from-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"True confessions: A week in the life of a male sex worker from Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>True confessions: A week in the life of a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> worker from Dublin<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/05181932\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-05-at-5.19.13-PM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-12-05-at-5-19-13-pm\" width=\"650\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/05181932\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-05-at-5.19.13-PM.png 501w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/05181932\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-05-at-5.19.13-PM-360x238.png 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/05181932\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-05-at-5.19.13-PM-190x125.png 190w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/05181932\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-05-at-5.19.13-PM-105x68.png 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>A college student in Dublin tried being a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> worker for a week to make a little extra money. Now, he&rsquo;s opening up&nbsp;about the experience, which wasn&rsquo;t anything like he had expected it to be.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is perfectly legal to sell <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> despite what you may have heard, however it is illegal to sell <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> on the street or in a public place,&rdquo; Joshua Collins (not his real name) explains in a new op-ed titled&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.joe.ie\/news\/feature-like-gay-sex-worker-dublin\/569585\" target=\"_blank\"><em>What it&rsquo;s like to be a gay sex worker in Dublin.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prostitution was legalized&nbsp;in the Republic of Ireland&nbsp;last year and since then&nbsp;has seen an increase of an estimated 80 percent, Collins claims.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Staying within the limits of the law I became a part of Ireland&rsquo;s booming vice scene online,&rdquo; he writes, &ldquo;and with the help of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> dating app <i>Grindr<\/i> I introduced myself to Dublin&rsquo;s <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>-trade.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/mostly-straight-male-sex-worker-opens-gay-pay-much-much-20160602\" target=\"_blank\">&lsquo;Mostly Straight&rsquo; Male Sex Worker Opens Up About Being Gay-For-Pay And Much, Much More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Collins wasn&rsquo;t quite sure what to think when he accepted&nbsp;his first client.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a strange feeling to describe sitting at home and seeing a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> you&rsquo;ve never met before drape himself on your bed waiting for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>,&rdquo; Collins says, admitting that it took&nbsp;some time to work up the courage to&nbsp;finally follow through with things.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was like that old cliche &lsquo;butterflies in your stomach&rsquo; but instead it was like my stomach was lined with angry hornets,&rdquo; he describes.<\/p>\n<p>Most of Collins&rsquo; clients were&nbsp;straight fathers and\/or husbands looking for a little <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a>-on-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> side action, which he was more than happy to provide&hellip; for a price.&nbsp;&euro;150 ($160 U.S.) per hour, to be exact.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have had clients show me pictures of their newborn children,&rdquo; Collins recalls, &ldquo;and while the interaction was supposed to be strictly business only it was hard to see these <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> suppressing their sexuality, shackled by an intolerant society.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/dont-get-it-twisted-these-male-sex-workers-love-their-jobs-and-make-serious-dough-20150420\" target=\"_blank\">Don&rsquo;t Get It Twisted, These Male Sex Workers Love Their Jobs And Make Serious Dough<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If&nbsp;you think that sounds at all sexy, Collins says, think&nbsp;again.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The first client I encountered was a 47 year old Bulgarian <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> who had a rape fantasy,&rdquo; he writes. &ldquo;I stood there overcome with a fear of the unknown. The confidence I had at the start of the night began to dwindle as I stared into the abyss and it stared straight back at me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, Collins says, &ldquo;all I felt was a chilling numbness that both terrified and exhilarated me. But, in practical terms, I now had cash to buy food for my fridge and bus money to get to college.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Another client, a 67 year old married gentleman, paid for over-the-phone services,&rdquo; he continues. &ldquo;He whispered down the phone for the duration of our session because, he claimed, his wife was asleep next to him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/this-is-why-people-become-sex-workers-20141017\" target=\"_blank\">This Is Why People Become Sex Workers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But the &ldquo;weirdest&rdquo; client Collins had during his week was a drug dealer who lived with his parents.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guy<\/a> in question was 5&rsquo;3 and we had <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> in front of his kitten, Cody,&rdquo; he writes. &ldquo;After the session had ended he admitted he could not pay me in cash but only with weed, I accepted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Collins&nbsp;says the&nbsp;ultimately takeaway from his week as a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> worker was pretty simple:&nbsp;It ain&rsquo;t all it&rsquo;s cracked up to be.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Voluntary <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> work is far from the way it is often glamorized in pop-culture but for some it is a means of living,&rdquo; he concludes. &ldquo;With the current economic climate and increasing university tuition it should come as no surprise that more and more young <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> are opening themselves up for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/former-male-sex-worker-looks-back-career-pride-20160723\" target=\"_blank\">Former Male Sex Worker Looks Back On His Career With Pride<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=qOmsP5xZBQk:m6Syiz9aS3A:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=qOmsP5xZBQk:m6Syiz9aS3A:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/true-confessions-week-life-male-sex-worker-dublin-20161211?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.queerty.com\/true-confessions-week-life-male-sex-worker-dublin-20161211?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>True confessions: A week in the life of a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> worker from Dublin A college student in Dublin tried being a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> worker for a week to make a little extra money. Now, he&rsquo;s opening up&nbsp;about the experience, which wasn&rsquo;t anything like he had expected it to be. &ldquo;It is perfectly legal to sell &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/true-confessions-a-week-in-the-life-of-a-male-sex-worker-from-dublin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">True confessions: A week in the life of a male <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> worker from Dublin<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>True confessions: A week in the life of a male sex worker from Dublin - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/true-confessions-a-week-in-the-life-of-a-male-sex-worker-from-dublin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"True confessions: A week in the life of a male sex worker from Dublin - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"True confessions: A week in the life of a male sex worker from Dublin A college student in Dublin tried being a sex worker for a week to make a little extra money. 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