Vietnam lotto shows ticket for marginalised LGBT folk
Performer Nha Vy of the Sai Gon Tan Thoi LGBT troupe taking part in a lotto show in Binh Duong province, north of Ho Chi Minh City. – AFP pic, June 28, 2020.
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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