ON Trans identity & Prostitution
by Lam Lok Man, Avis
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I had a chance to talk with K (琦琦), a transgender sex worker (she/her). During the interview, K shared with me the intimate details of the work of sex workers, like sometimes they will have sex in a hotel with clients instead of their own workplace. I asked if she had ever been disrespect by the staff, she said no. I was surprised but glad to hear that. She also shared more stories of her clients with. There are two cases that I remember most. The first one is a mid-aged man, around 40 years old, who has cancer and needs help with operating his medical equipment. The second one is a man who tells his wife that he is shopping, but in fact he has gone to K’s workplace and dressed up as a female.
In my work, as the story of K reminds of the song “Androgyny “(雌雄同體) by Mayday (五月天) of Taiwan, I have combined the song with K’s story. When reading the story, you can listen to the song at the same time. I have inserted some of the lyrics in my work , and I hope it helps readers to learn more about K. I have also kept the wordings K said during the interview because the dialogue is powerful in explaining K’s identity.
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請在閱讀故事前播放五月天的雌雄同體,並配着音樂閱讀。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhzxlZrOSss
謎 me
一.
K很久之前已經知道自己和別人的不同,在父權社會內成長,那是一個只一年不斷的自我懷疑及被人歧視的時期。唸大學時的K的穿著和很多男生一樣,遠看沒有太大分別。只要K和他那幾個比較親密的朋友知道K 的秘密。在中文系的教育下,賈寶玉的故事、K情緒的敏銳等等令他對自己一貫以來的身份做出反思。在一次機緣巧合下,K穿起了女裝, 那是一種前所未有的快樂,別人的讚美令他確信自己是特別的。他一邊疑惑,但又一邊期待這種雙重身份。在2007年金融風暴被辭退於教學工作後,他卻沒有感到太多失落。自己和朋友坐著火車到了中國,在對做女生的渴望下,貪新鮮的在瀋陽花了三千多錢弄了隆胸手術。當時只是打算玩玩,打算之後就把假胸部拿出來。在朋友慫恿和安排下,在中國當了幾次性服務者。纏繞多年的同志身份在那一刻揭盅,K發現自己根本不是男同志,而是一個生理性別是男生,但實際上是異性戀的女生。從中國回到香港,他驚覺自己再不想跟隨傳統擔任學校老師。因為喜歡性,毅然帶著「人妖」身分投身性工作者的行列。
二.
鏡子前的K有著女性的生理特徵,『你覺得我今日著得靚唔靚阿?』,電話反映出的就是渴望被稱讚的女孩,穿著黑色背心裙的模樣。K從來不會在別人面前把嘴角鬍青,也許這就是一個女生的整潔,淡紫色眼影和長長的眼睫毛配上粉色的雙唇很美。而K毫無保留的分享著他的妝容心得。奇怪的是她還會告訴我們在他工作的地方有著那領帶、性感短裙和亮粉紅色的羽毛圍巾,這些卻像是她的保護色。眼前的K彷彿世界只有他一人,在自己的小天地悠然自樂,然而濃妝之下的他卻藏著被稱為『變態』、『淫蕩』的傷痕,看不清。
三.
K從來不介意別人叫他人妖,小白狐是一個他的稱呼,因為K的自知的妖媚,K會覺得『人妖』比起『跨性別人士』更適合自己,也沒有打算進行變性手術。『我鍾意徘徊在男與女之間,就好似一個謎。依個身份令我覺得我特別。我並不想做一個女生,我亦沒可能做一個女生。』如K所說,在生理上他不可以做一個女人,但他可以是男也可以是女,在男女之間飄移不定才是他獨特的地方。只要調整百分比,他就可以是男,或是女。『我屋企人唔知架,返屋企食飯我都以男裝去見佢哋,佢哋淨係知我係gay。』上衣蓋過胸部,K又恢復他的男兒身份。『如果可以選擇,我願出世便是......』『人妖!』K回答我,『男生女生也是我。』如同其他報導,K把這句強調了幾次,這也是K之前出版的散文集的書名。『我都希望有人鍾意我,好正常,我有胸又有陰莖,好多人都沒有。但我都對愛情有渴望既,一個靚仔的男人,我之前遇到過男仔,好靚仔。我之後真係笑出黎。有feel我唔收錢都沒問題』『遇到唔鍾意既,都照做啊。性工作者都係一份工作黎!』K也許只是渴望那種我愛你、你愛我的、最單純的那種理想的愛情遊戲。
四.
K說以前人們都對同性戀、跨性別人士都很害怕,甚至有種當他們異形的感覺。在當K作為性工作者時,K發現覺得自己靈魂與身體不配合的,不只有他一個。『有好多上黎叫我幫佢化妝,教佢做女仔,有個中年男人黎,做左兩個鐘女人。之後接左老婆電話,話自己買緊菜,就返屋企。』『香港好壓抑,大家都唔會點講自己,希望多d人認識多元性別啦。每個人都有享受性的權利。』如果要我形容K是人妖還是跨性別人士,我想我會說他是天生的雌雄同體。
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