Washington DC‘s most secretive sex workers say they are being paid thousands of dollars for late-night trysts with the very same Republican lawmakers who publicly rail against them.
In a series of bombshell interviews with the Daily Mail, transgender escorts in the nation’s capital revealed buttoned-up GOP officials are among their most loyal — and discreet — customers.
The revelations mark the latest in a stream of sex scandals for the Republican Party, and come as the Trump administration takes a tough stand against trans people in areas such as the military and sports.
‘They absolutely demonize us in public but use us behind closed doors,’ said one of the women, who advertises herself online as a $1,000-per-hour ‘curvy blonde trans girl’ and has tens of thousands of followers on X and OnlyFans.
‘This is a story that needs to be told.’
Her account was echoed by others in the capital’s underground sex scene, who described a world of NDAs, covert messages and hotel suites where prominent Republicans indulge in precisely the same behavior they attack on the campaign trail.
The lawmakers are also understood to use Grindr and other hookup apps, and to pay sex workers in cash or through encrypted transfer apps to avoid detection.
One escort, who calls herself a ‘thick body goddess’, told the Daily Mail she was aware of ‘a lot of juicy dirt’ taking place after dark around Capitol Hill.
One escort, who calls herself a ‘thick body goddess’, told the Daily Mail she was aware of ‘a lot of juicy dirt’ taking place after dark around Capitol Hill
The male-to-female sex workers said Republican lawmakers paid them thousands of dollars for hookups
‘Several government officials are doing dirty sh*t,’ said the $600-per-hour escort, who says she has offered her menu of sex and bondage to GOP members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The women declined to name names, citing strict confidentiality agreements.
At least one said she was bound by a legally enforceable NDA with a prominent conservative.
‘I wish I could share what I know, but I’m under NDA,’ she said.
‘All I can tell you is that you’re definitely on the right track and this is a story that needs to be told.’
The revelations come at a politically charged moment.
Under Donald Trump, the Republican Party pushed a hard-line agenda against transgender rights and in support of the women athletes and others who get pushed to the side.
The administration has banned trans people from serving in the military, outlawed biological males from competing in women’s sports, and made it harder to access sex-change treatments, especially for children.
While GOP lawmakers publicly championed those measures, escorts in Washington DC say some of the same politicians were privately paying for the companionship of trans sex workers.
Trans escorts who worked in Washington DC said GOP officials are among their most loyal customers
Websites like this advertise the services of dozens of ‘she-male’ sex workers around the US capital
The Daily Mail has chosen not to identify them, but each has a high-profile digital presence and thousands of paying subscribers on adult platforms.
The allegations are the latest embarrassment for Republicans, who have been repeatedly accused of hypocrisy over LGBT issues.
Over recent decades, a string of conservative lawmakers and staffers have been caught in gay sex scandals, despite voting against the community.
Now, with transgender rights emerging as the new culture-war battleground, critics say the revelations show the double standards are alive and well.
The Daily Mail last week revealed that married Republican men and a sitting member of Congress have allegedly been of sleeping with male escorts — even as their party thunders about traditional family values.
In candid interviews, young, muscular sex workers in Washington DC described a booming business fueled by Republican officials, from state lawmakers and high-powered lobbyists to federal government staffers and at least one congressman.
One Washington-based male escort described having a two-year relationship with a sitting Midwestern congressman who, during that period, had multiple serious girlfriends and had recently become engaged to a woman.
The 29-year-old sex worker with ‘boy next door looks’ described dinners at downtown DC eatery Butterworth’s — a popular MAGA haunt — followed by ‘late nights,’ he told the Daily Mail, on the condition that neither man was identified.
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The unnamed lawmaker is ‘closeted, cautious, and carried the weight of a public image that left no room for who he really was,’ the escort said.
The congressman, who has recently gotten engaged, paid for the full ‘boyfriend experience’ — a more ‘intimate’ service that involved chats and dates as well as sex, the escort said.
This, the sex worker added, made the lawmaker’s double life seem even more extreme.
‘He’s got a boisterous rhetoric when he’s grandstanding in front of his state house or out here in DC,’ said the escort.
‘It’s gotten difficult to ignore the dissonance between the man I know in private and the votes he casts publicly.’
Another escort, a 35-year-old with chiseled features and a bodybuilder’s physique, was also candid. He described officials in the federal government, a state senator, and lobbyists among his clients.
‘I see a lot of Republican clients on the low,’ he said. ‘I am not going to out my clients. But there are many in the Republican Party.’
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The revelations echo comments from Grindr CEO George Arison, who revealed his app sees dramatic surges in activity during major Republican gatherings, including a ‘significant spike’ at the party’s July 2024 convention in Milwaukee.
Local users reported seeing ‘many more’ blank profiles than usual — the tell-tale sign of men seeking discreet encounters without revealing their names or faces — when thousands of buttoned-up conservatives descended on the Midwestern city.
It’s not the first time. Similar surges have been recorded at other GOP gatherings over the years, suggesting that for some Republican attendees, the party’s national meetings double as covert dating events.
The GOP’s 2024 platform quietly dropped explicit condemnations of same-sex marriage — a striking shift from past years. But the party remains heavily influenced by religious conservatives who view homosexuality and sex-changes as sinful, immoral, or socially destructive.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has controversially called same-sex marriage ‘the dark harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy’ and once described homosexuality as ‘inherently unnatural’ and a ‘dangerous lifestyle.’
LGBTQ advocates say such rhetoric makes the GOP inherently anti-queer, despite signs of modernization.
They point to the Trump administration’s record: rolling back protections for transgender people, pushing book bans for titles with LGBTQ themes, and supporting laws restricting gender-affirming care for minors.
Yet Trump himself is widely considered personally tolerant — even welcoming — toward gay people.
He has attended same-sex weddings, waved a rainbow flag at rallies, and appointed openly gay officials, including current Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who has been married to attorney John Freeman since 2011.
Some say the party’s mixed messaging — softening its stance on marriage while still vilifying queer culture — leaves the party with the worst of both worlds: alienating progressives while breeding distrust among younger conservatives who value authenticity over moral posturing.
