Facts About Malaysia’s Male Sex Workers

Mak Nyah or Pondan is the Malay term for transvestites or cross-dressers. Society frowns upon them, even though these people have their own reasons for leading lives as the opposite gender.

This article delves into the life of ‘Atuk’, a HIV positive transvestite who has been through many hardships – sexual abuse, drug addiction, prostitution – but has now turned over a new leaf to help those in the same predicament.