One thing that has always surprised me is what a large fraction of TGirls work in the sex industry, or so it seems. I've estimated that between 3 and 14% of those who are of "working age" (18 to 30) work as escorts. I'll provide details of the estimate in a follow-up post -- it's a little boring.

Now I realize that, obviously, by hanging out in a sex-industry message forum I could get a distorted view of the TGirl scene. However, my strong impression that it was a big fraction came from meeting TGirls in various gay bars. I guess I've met about 30 this way over the span of several years and they were *ALL* escorts. The gay men were, I think, mostly not escorts, so then why should all the TGirls be ? (Actually one fed me a line that she was "not a prostitute", but if she was how much $$ would I give her, because she really needed the $$ ! )

Not that I judge anyone negatively for this, but since escorting is a socially undesirable job in the USA it's a strange statistic even if it is only 3%, as that is much higher than for GG, and I wonder what it means ?

From the comments I've seen various places, the reasons include:

1. Since guys tend to treat that as hoes anyway, they might as well be one. This sounds like a crazy rationalization, but I've read or heard the comment many times.

2. Can't get a legit job due to discrimination against transgenders, so they need the $$ and escorting pays well.

3. In some cases, they are "freaky" (promiscuous), so may as well get paid while they're at it.

What do you guys think ?

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