Entertainment · Books & Arts · 22 hrs ago
Play brings transgender performer’s 50 years on nightclub stages to life
A play brings to the stage the story of a transgender performer whose nightclub career spanned 50 years.
The story is set against South Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, when social control and violence were widespread.
At 16, she was seen by others as a boy, but she already knew who she was.
At a time when the word “transgender” was not commonly used, she sang and danced on nightclub stages in heavy makeup.
She also underwent an illicit gender-affirming operation in a motel room, with only local anesthesia.
Her experiences reflect the discrimination and hardship transgender people could face in that period.
A play brings the life of a transgender performer with 50 years on nightclub stages to life.
She began performing at 16, when transgender identity was not commonly discussed.
In the 1970s and 1980s, she sang and danced in heavy makeup on nightclub stages.
She underwent risky, illicit gender-affirming surgery under local anesthesia in a motel room.
- Who
- A transgender performer whose life and career are depicted in the play.
- What
- A play brings her 50 years on nightclub stages to life.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Not stated.
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- Career
- 50 years on nightclub stages
- Age
- 16 when she performed
- Era
- 1970s and 1980s
- Surgery
- Risky, illicit gender-affirming surgery under local anesthesia
- Location
- A motel room
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