CATDOLL: The end of transvestite! Japanese comic exhibitions prohibit men from dressing up as women for fear of being secretly photographed in the women's restroom

No matter where you are, there will be many COSERs at comic conventions. And those sweet-looking female characters in these COS are not necessarily girls. Sometimes those cute boys are really androgynous. Now there is a comic convention that explicitly states that men are not allowed to enter wearing women's clothing, that is, transvestite COSERs are not allowed to participate in comic conventions. This rule has also caused dissatisfaction among Japanese netizens.

The famous American comic exhibition Comic CON, scheduled to be held in Tokyo in December this year, has clearly stipulated that men are prohibited from wearing women's clothing to attend the event, and COSERs must adopt a pre-registration system. The announcement of the rule prohibiting men from dressing as women caused great controversy. Japanese netizens believed that this was discriminatory treatment. There was no similar rule at the American Comic CON. In response to email inquiries from some netizens, the organizers of Tokyo Comic CON said that the original purpose of setting up the rule prohibiting men from dressing as women was to prevent COSERs from being secretly photographed. In addition, it also helps the operation to accurately identify the gender of COSERs to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. The reason why COSERs need to register is to ensure the safety of the exhibition.

In fact, there have been foreign comic exhibitions that have adopted a relatively strict censorship system for COSERs before, such as not being allowed to bring real knives into the venue, not being allowed to dress too bloody, etc., but this is the first time that a transvestite has been explicitly refused to appear. I don't know the specific reason, but the reason of preventing cute boys from being secretly photographed is really unreasonable. What do you think of this? Let's talk about it.