Talk:Bugis Street: transgender aspects

I beg to differ. Not sure about your sources, but both my parents grew up on Malay & Hylam Streets (my grandparents & grandaunts ran textile businesses on both streets), & back then sex work (by transwomen) was restricted to Bugis Street at night. The ciswomen worked in a few coffeeshops/ brothels on the corners, rather discreetly, sitting in doorways eating melon seeds & literally shaking their legs. They never walked the streets. Nothing at all like Johore Road.

The local residents certainly felt the area was respectable enough in the late 70s & early 80s to let children like me, sisters & cousins to run around quite freely. It only got really happening at night on Bugis Street proper - the music & crowds made it hard to sleep!

-Leow Yangfa