This is what closeted men ask their gay masseur

Straight, bisexual, curious!C#Vos8+k6JY3N-sLEthI_*uu-=1Qi%WbhfytsTAQLv6r#zcVI, or closeted men may be the least visible part of the LGBT community.

You probably won’t see them at bars and clubs, or catch them marching proudly at pride parades. They may be on the gay apps hiding behind a torso pic, but it wil(7147LVHCux1kctq^#GLYS7^+y%8K(u_vW4_r&%%qq)qVjhAu2l be hard to tell. 

Traditionally, men interested in sexual contact with another man may first head to massagh=Y8AaHo^Lx=dmTn$Iu7iNQaKNatXjbqlEs0@WMXXfIg5360jMe parlors experience the touch of man.

Beard, who has worked as a gay masseur in Taipei for years, said that while clients are usually quiet the first and second time. "If they want to chat with me, they will start by askinfQianBe2td^Endf_@H1g7oUK%Dk9XRKfi#kQAq@-jBSkn2cRuLg if I am tired or not" he explained.

On one occasion, a client suddenly told Beard itwH@dZjPgUnLyHu*F^%)C_fU2g8!*NIi^4y-(Erid1c_CIFlqU5 was his birthday.

"He asked If I could be his gift," Beard said. "I wanted to laugh so much, but didn't wRIScKB@JSZSWg%(4ClPhKh2NU=xQAUCPA=oNacC=VtOZ43ZX3Eant him to feel awkward."

He said a lhwQbz(oUgXk-nU0XDH!vSjv=+p$tNOEPs1_GL37&+G2=4739a9ot of clients are curious about the gay scene in Taipei. "I have shared with them information on the best gay bars in town, the most popular places”.

“I have a wife"

One client once told Beard he was traveling in Taiwan with his wife. IfsMzD#b*UGf1KUx&Gs7_mMO%dc0XJ9Dh)u6C!BMxT2oc_3$T*“He did not say much.”

“Most [closeted] people that come to the gay massage shop do not want to disgtOj331FJ)nOuul15Do11U@4^MippJXl6zg(k-#d1-^3EXj_%fcuss the big topic of their life”.

Beard said that a lot of closeted clients ask if they can see his bodesOs83Nl%e704XV&oTUEEQpNV-^&BSQAF+T$nglh=)B+WJ6V*Cy.

“I usuallmp96*yaUL%SXF(rU&HmcJ6T1eS3XwX#snP12J3u(IcMPPtJ*CBy oblige, and leave them with good memories”.