Monday, November 13, 2006

trans-women in a lesbian club

The lesbian club I went to on Saturday night featured a performance by these two transwomen. They started out with very flowy, feminine, traditional chinese dress, and then stripped down to less and less, to rounds of cheers from the all-girl audience. It's an interesting dynamic. One of the transwomen said that she's done the surgery already and "is a real girl, but my friend hasn't gotten the surgery yet, so you all should look carefully and tell me, is s/he a boy or a girl?" They made themselves into a show, with the pre-operative one strutting around everyone in a skimpy outfit, shaking hands w/ everyone. I thought the general atmosphere was really supportive, with everyone applauding and cheering 'yes' when she asked, "so do i look like a real girl or not?" But when she grabbed this girl in my group to slow dance, the girl from my group was obviously weirded out by the physical contact with this 人妖 (this name sorta means "human-monster" and usually refers only to people who haven't had the surgery and is therefore considered neither male or female).

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