Whatever stereotypes you may have about male escorts, Benjamin Nichols is more than just your standard pay-to-play, blond Aberzombie. Based in San Antonio, this self-described "21 year old surfer boy" (aren't they all?) has carved a niche for himself as a successful escort-slash-model and says he's "100% versatile in any given situation" (don't we wish they all were?), which apparently extends to his "15 Minutes" blog that chronicles his travels and obsessions while delivering snarky gossip items about Hollywood celebs and fellow rent boys. But what we especially admire about Benjamin is that he's also a budding activist for sex workers: "Anyone can slap on an overly tight T-shirt and sell his ass for a dime in a chatroom," he writes in a Seattle weekly. "But a select few take it the next level." One question: Where does he hide his union label? -RM

· 15 Minutes by Benjamin Nicholas (benjaminnicholas.com/blogger; see also photo gallery here)
· "Gay Sex Workers" (essay @ the stranger.com)

Previously: Rentboy Escort Awards, Homo Superior: The Rent Boys of Prague, "RentBoy" for the Straight Guy, Omer on Rentboy, Brazilian Escort Reviews, This Thing of Darkness

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