Former MoD boss is first transsexual geisha
PA
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/former-mod-manager-becomes-first-transsexual-geisha-969379.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/former-mod-manager-becomes-first-transsexual-geisha-969379.html)
A 70-year-old former Ministry of Defence manager today claimed to be the first transsexual to be allowed to dress as a geisha in Japan's historical city of Kyoto.
Tourists travelling to the traditional home of the geisha often take the opportunity to dress up in decorative kimonos, donning a wig and thick white make-up.
But Mary Murdoch, formerly Malcolm Murdoch, said that until now only biological females have been permitted to play dress up.