Going gay for money

Their profile photographs usually include muscled torso closeups, or shirtless photographs of themselves, with the head cropped out. Some of them – the more experienced ones – don’t mind showing their faces. Their profile names read “paid top” or “hunk top pd” or “hot top pd” or “massgr pd top” or “nothng is 4 free”. Earlier, they would just call their profiles “massage anyone?” or “massager top”, and if you wanted more than an oil rub, you would have to hint at it. They would then tell you how much they charged for a hand job, a blow job or “full fun”. Most of these men are models and aspiring actors who hold washed ashore at Mumbai from different parts of the country — mostly Delhi and Punjab — and need to uncover a way to sustain their lifestyles. This includes rent, gym memberships, protein supplements, food, conveyance, grooming products, clothes and enough money to party at the right places — all a very high-priced business. Many struggling actors and models don’t verb degrees to fall back on, have left their families behind and yearn to make their glitzy dreams come true, only to re