Male-to-Female Cosplayers and Japan's Cross-Dressing Double Standard
Nov 11, 2012 by Steven
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/11/11/male-to-female-cosplayers-and-japans-cross-dressing-double-standard/However, there's one cosplay regulation seen frequently at Japanese conventions that some would argue doesn't make very much sense: no cross-dressing.
Naoko Tatibana is a photographer who has built a career from her work with sexual minorities, focusing her creative energies into LGBT events, drag shows and transgender model portraits. In 2010, she opened Taiyodo, a cross-dressing studio in Tokyo where, in addition to her photography services, she offers guidance for men who want to learn how to become more beautiful women.
In her new column on our Japanese site, Naoko writes that, "despite all the exposure transsexuals and cross-dressers are given on TV and in magazines in Japan, men are forbidden from dressing up as the opposite sex at the one place you would think it would be most acceptable: cosplay events."
