Hi
im going to Japan soon and just want to know if anyone is from/have been to Japan and might know some
trans/queer friendly places, or just some cool places in general..
p.s. going to be in Tokey mainly.
lucky you, hope u have a great time over there, sorry dont know any but im sure there will be some
edit oops i put down to haves lol i ment hope u have a great time XD
Quote from: rexyrex on November 07, 2011, 04:58:09 PM
lucky you, have u have a great time over there, sorry dont know any but im sure there will be some
thanks, I diffently will, going to be awsome
There was a guy from Japan who recently posted a picture of his top surgery over at ->-bleeped-<- yeah ftms.
sounds like fun, dont know of anyone from japan except a guy who posted on trans bucket.
Oh my gosh natkat i'm so jealous of you right now! :icon_anger:
I always wanted to go there, i luv anything Japanese. ^-^
hehe I know im so spoiled,
I never been to Japan before either so I am pretty exiting, sadly everything surgery and trans stuff have kept my buzy so I havent studied so much Japanese as I should but I hope its okay I know the standard to say hi and goodbye and so..
however I guess I am alittle nervous since I am both trans and bi, and so, I heard there pretty accepting for being trans but not so much for being gay, in general there kinda stiff in there gender roles in another way than western people are, and I dont know if that will be posetive or negative for me.
Sorry, no knowledge here. Just wanted to express my jealousy! You better post some pics when you get back. :P
Quote from: Dante on November 07, 2011, 09:43:54 PM
Sorry, no knowledge here. Just wanted to express my jealousy! You better post some pics when you get back. :P
yeah I seen, but I kept up my try, I will send some pic if I remember it,
Quote from: Natkat on November 07, 2011, 09:55:19 PM
yeah I seen, but I kept up my try, I will send some pic if I remember it,
Thanks! <3 Have fun on your trip.
Ni-Chome is supposed to be a major LGBT area of Shinjuku, Tokyo. I think it's more of a club/night life area but it's gotta be a lot of fun (I don't know how old you are, I think the drinking age in Japan is 20). Other than that I have no idea, but you're probably going to have a blast either way. From what I've heard Japan is becoming fairly trans-friendly so it's probably no more dangerous than going to the UK, Canada or the US for a vacation. Plus, being a Gaijin/foreigner, I doubt anyone is going to slam you against the wall for being different. From what I've heard people in Japan are pretty welcoming and polite with tourists and they don't put as many social pressures on foreigners, especially if you're only staying for a short period of time.
PS you have to take pictures of the scenery for us.
Quote from: Ryno on November 07, 2011, 11:56:18 PM
Ni-Chome is supposed to be a major LGBT area of Shinjuku, Tokyo. I think it's more of a club/night life area but it's gotta be a lot of fun (I don't know how old you are, I think the drinking age in Japan is 20). Other than that I have no idea, but you're probably going to have a blast either way. From what I've heard Japan is becoming fairly trans-friendly so it's probably no more dangerous than going to the UK, Canada or the US for a vacation. Plus, being a Gaijin/foreigner, I doubt anyone is going to slam you against the wall for being different. From what I've heard people in Japan are pretty welcoming and polite with tourists and they don't put as many social pressures on foreigners, especially if you're only staying for a short period of time.
PS you have to take pictures of the scenery for us.
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yeah Japan should be pretty cool on the trans thing,
I talked alittle about it with my teacher and so. he said it where diffrence there that transgender people where way more in the media and all these, and that they had hostclubs and so only with transpeople like ftms and so..
which seams so diffrent from where I live, I dont know if its good or bad.
JessieW123 on youtube. He's a ftm and is going through his transition. I contacted him and he was wonderful about giving me advice. My partner and I will be there next year, and we are both super amped to go back. We both did study abroad trips in our younger years.
I feel you with the language though. I have been studying for years, and I am a TA in a Japanese language class, but whenever I talk to any of my Japanese friends, my language skills go flying out of the window and I resort to miming and making an ass out myself in general.
Luckily though, the Japanese are pretty good about just letting the 'henna gaijin' do their thing without too much hassle. If you are planning to live, work and go to school there (between me and my partner we are doing both; yay for employment and grad school!) then there may come a time when you have to conform a little more to social norms. But from my understanding, just being a foreigner will allow you a lot of wiggle room. Also, from Jessie's experience, I gather that transfolks have an easier time than cisgender homosexuals. Funny double standard, ne?
My girlfriend's in Tokyo right now, and I'm going to visit in December, but I don't really know any cool places :/ But from what she tells me, the Japanese just find the trans thing more confusing than disgusting, and just accept it. A friend of my girlfriend hasn't met me yet, and to avoid awkwardness when I get there, she told her a bit about my situation. Her reaction was "so do I say he or she? I'm confused. I'll use he, because I remember that better!" and she has no other qualms. I think the young people in general are pretty laid back about this sort of thing.
I don't know if you have already left yet, either way, I hope you have fun on your trip!
Shinjuku Ni-Chome has tons of gay and lesbian bars. Some are what you would call "member's only" and would basically glare/refuse to let you enter. (There are only two that I know of that are like that, off the top of my head.) I think there are a few drag and LGBT bars in Roppongi but I'm not too sure.
For the most part, Japanese will keep to themselves if they don't agree with how you dress/act/liftstyle etc...And actually the concept of being trans is getting really popular with the younger gen.