Boys will be girls
Global Times | 2012-11-12 19:05:04
By Liang Chen
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/743813.shtmlThe dancers, wearing thick makeup, high-heel shoes, silk stockings and miniskirts, shook their hips sensually on the stage.
They were all men - members of the Alice Cross-Dressers Association - and they were holding the show to celebrate the group's three-year anniversary.
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According to the report, many people have accused the association of misleading young people, and some had even started a campaign against it. They called the members "Thai transvestites" and said they might cause youngsters to have wrong perceptions of gender.
"I said repeatedly that we're performers and lovers of Cosplay. We are totally different from Thai transvestites. Why did they accuse us of doing something we have never done?" a furious Hao said to the Global Times.
The association has gone through great challenges and come under huge pressure from tradition, society, their own parents, relatives and friends, for featuring cross-dressing in their act. In a society where concerns are being raised over Chinese boys becoming more effeminate, the association has been accused of "leading young people astray."
