Transgender performer Nha Vy of the "Sai Gon Tan Thoi" (Modern Saigon) LGBT Loto troupe applying makeup before the start of a lotto show in Binh Duong province, north of Ho Chi Minh City. - Hundreds of LGBT performers in Vietnam who have found confidence, and a way to earn a living, through a lotto show dating back to the colonial era that has transformed into a wildly popular night out in buzzing Ho Chi Minh city and its surrounds. - AFP
HO CHIH MINH CITY, June 28 (AFP): Each night that Nha Vy steps proudly on stage in her traditional Vietnamese ao dai, or sometimes mini dress and heels, memories grow fainter of the taunts she endured as a transgender woman in her rural village.
Nha Vy is one of hundreds of LGBT performers in Vietnam who have found confidence, and a way to earn a living, through lotto shows, a form of entertainment dating back to the French colonial era and now wildly popular in the south.
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