Often, the club’s clientele also ask to pay them for sex and the young men will accept.ĭuring a break, four dancers joined our table, all came from neighboring Burma and we spoke with them in Burmese. During a pause in the music, some of the dancers came down from the stage to chat with the guests, who offered them free drinks. Most of the customers appeared to be Western men, others were Asians, and at some tables sat some Asian women. They were good looking and appeared young the oldest ones were perhaps 25 years of age, while some of them looked like they could be teenagers.ĭozens of customers sat at tables around the stage drinking, smoking and reveling in the lively maneuvers of the dancers. On a small stage, around 20 young men in tight white briefs were dancing under disco lights. He opened it and ushered us in as we entered we were welcomed by upbeat disco beats. CHIANG MAI, Thailand - In the backstreets of Chiang Mai near a roadside bar, a man in a dark suit stood and smiled, and then discreetly pointed us to a door dimly lit up by a red light.