That Piece About The Confessions of a Rent Boy
Written by Mohammed Ashfaq (a pseudonym) and originally published on spectator.co.uk
I am not surprised that Keith Vaz has been caught sleeping with male hookers. I’m one myself and so I know that overweight married Asians are our staple. We often joke that without Indians and Middle Eastern guys, we’d all be broke. They are always married. I’ve always been sickened by the way they betray their wives, but they aren’t paying me for my judgment.
There are different types of rent boy. Some are very young, slim and smooth. They are called twinks. I am dark, hairy and muscled, which appeals to certain clients who want a ‘real man’. I’ve been escorting for nearly four years, and I’ve had hundreds of different and weird experiences. I see men of all different ages and backgrounds. I meet lawyers, businessmen, all sorts.
I see a few politicians, too — from the House of Lords and the House of Commons. One has a nice car and he collects me, then drives me back to his flat. He has a house outside London but he uses the place in London for dangerous liaisons. (This is common.) The man is married but I don’t think he has much of a relationship. The politicians think I don’t know who they are, but I’m not stupid. I watch Question Time and the news.
I met one member of the House of Lords, a man who used to be married many years ago. Before he was ennobled, he was MP for one of the poshest London constituencies. He told me he was in the closet then. He was married and had a son. Now he is a grandfather and open about his sexuality. I liked him. He wasn’t interested in intercourse. He was more into wrestling. It was a safe-sex habit he picked during the HIV panic of in the 1980s.
Lots of my clients are far less nervous of AIDS, and want unprotected sex. Either they don’t realise that HIV is common in London, or they like the thrill. They are crazy. Most escorts don’t oblige. Those who do say yes are either HIV positive or desperate for the money — often because they are on drugs.
I am gay and Muslim and I was an asylum seeker in this country. I came here because some of my gay friends were killed back home. My family does not know why I was granted asylum here and they do not know that I am gay. They keep asking me when I will get a wife. I will not get married, even though it would make life easier. It’s wrong to do that to a woman. It annoys me that people still get married because they are too scared to accept who they are. That said, closeted men pay well and use lots of escorts, so without them I would be much worse off.
The work is often quite boring. Some clients bury their heads in a pillow, others are so high on drugs that they don’t really have a clue what is going on. Often I get my phone and start texting friends to make the time go by.
In fact, the whole process of being an escort is rather tedious. You have to sit around a lot waiting for bookings. Each morning, I log on to the escort websites I use, then wait. Then at about 11 am, I get up and go to the gym. You have to drop everything at short notice when you get a booking, so it’s difficult to make plans.
The busiest time for escorts is Sunday evening. I think it’s because people have been at home with their wife and kids all weekend and it’s driven them mad. Hiring an escort is their way of coping with having spent the rest of the weekend in Ikea.
You can make a lot of money if you work hard. London is full of people with cash to burn. Some regular clients give you presents and bonuses. A friend of mine has just been given £10,000 cash from a man he sees. It’s common for clients to get confused and think of you more as a boyfriend than an escort. They take you on holiday. Those ones can be a bit needy.
I doubt Keith Vaz was that sort. But he did conform to another stereotype: the risk-addicted politician who seemed bent of self-destruction. Strange as it may seem, even immigrant rent boys value British democracy and the standards expected of MPs who uphold it. I have indefinite leave to remain; I’ll soon be a British national and I hope to go to university. And then settle down in this country — which has saved my life.
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20 Comments
Kenny
September 11, 05:55This coming after yesterday’s post…. PP osheyyy, I can see very clearly what you’re doing. ?
#Chestnut
September 11, 06:59@kenny : u mean dimkpa’s post about MGM’s?
Kenny
September 11, 07:00Yes…? ?
Mr. Fingers
September 11, 07:12U are angry at people for getting married,yet u still collect money and sleep with them,yeah right.
That part abt dudes having unprotected sex and hiv made me sad. Smh.
bruno
September 11, 07:14i like how this post casually touches on a number of topics “real men”, asylum, safe sex etc
interesting bit about sunday night too. we’d need to confirm from our mgm’s if that’s true.
Keredim
September 11, 08:02I suppose “confidentiality” doesn’t feature on this one’s rule book.
“It annoys me that people still get married because they are too scared to accept who they are..”
He can mouth off now that he no longer lives in country where gay men are beheaded.????
Mr. Fingers
September 11, 08:15lmao.
pagxy
September 11, 08:27Hahaha a@keredim he can mouth off kam.
Deola
September 11, 09:17Fascinating.
Peak
September 11, 13:23When a Fraud decides to condemn and judge other frauds like himself.
I wonder what his family who are in the dark about not just his sexuality, but the trade he plys abroad, say when details of his life gets a kiss from light.
Mr. Fingers
September 11, 13:57hian.una like quarell for this kd.smh.
Khaleesi
September 11, 14:41Eye opening!! @Keredim, i dont see how he broke any confidentiality riles ooo, he didnt name anyone nor leave any clues that’d make it easy to figure anyone out – unless there’s something else i v missed …
Keredim
September 11, 15:01Just because you can’t figure out who his clients are, doesn’t mean his clients or those close to them, can’t figure it out.
He has dropped enough clues to track down the “ennobled MP”
KingBey
September 12, 05:53He dropped more than enough clues. Read again.
Brian Collins
September 11, 19:26The dude is just a dunce. A stupid hairy real manly dunce.
Fresh
September 12, 00:52Dude is working in london…..lol.
Lord Naughtiness
September 13, 02:17It annoys me that people still get married because they are too scared to accept who they are.
Have been thinking about this for a while and it’s been giving me sad moments, would I get married or just be single forever??? Its one of the many things I am confused about
Eddie
September 13, 17:56how come the escort scene in Nigeria isnt has fun as the one in Europe….i need to change location lol
Eddie
September 13, 17:58P. S i’m not an escort or rentboy or whatever….
Pink Panther
September 13, 18:21We hear you. lol