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Aug 27 2018 7 Comments

A Tokyo transvestite drunk and asleep on the street

Seeing people drunk and asleep on the street isn’t all that unusual in Tokyo. In fact, it’s so relatively common that I’ve managed to build up a fair sized series of both men and women publicly sleeping off a very big night out.

Passed out transvestites, on the other hand, are a much rarer breed. So rare in fact that up until recently I’d only ever seen one — this one to be exact.

Now, however, that number has doubled to two.

A Japanese transvestite drunk and asleep in Tokyo

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. Sean says

    8/27/2018 at 10:22 am

    Hello! I love your blog, but this post is a little offensive! Referring to a trans person as a peculiar oddity seems a little dated and rude. The word, transvestite is also somewhat problematic at this point. I hope you will reconsider the context you’re creating here!

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    • Lee says

      8/27/2018 at 12:48 pm

      Thanks.

      Good point. Aside from the photo being of a drunk person, which I know some people find wrong, there was no offence meant at all in my word choice. But you are right. I should be more careful about such terminology. Having seen the person a few times, and always assumed they just enjoy getting dressed up, I used the word transvestite without even thinking.

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    • LessThanNothing says

      8/27/2018 at 9:36 pm

      The definition of transvestite is literally someone that dresses in clothes of the opposite sex. Trans, transgender, transvestite. Those are all ok – get over it. I knew the first comment would be some keyboard warrior out there trying to shape the world in their image.

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  2. Harry says

    8/27/2018 at 5:41 pm

    That is something you don’t see everyday! 😮

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    • Lee says

      8/28/2018 at 11:44 am

      No, it really isn’t. The reaction of the policemen who woke him up shortly after I took the photo suggested it’s something they don’t see every day as well!

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  3. Svend says

    9/7/2018 at 8:04 pm

    I wondered, how can you tell? Or is it only afterwards when the police woke him up you realised?

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    • Lee says

      9/8/2018 at 5:25 pm

      I have seen him before, but when he rolled over and lay there in a very un-ladylike manner, it was clear for all to see that it was a man!

      Reply

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