Do you folks think a trans lady can be a cosplay model?

General Question

I am a 34-year-old self-styled trans lady who hasn't got HRT/SRS yet, because docs here consider my mental disorders are incompatible with Gender Dysmorhpia. (I live in South Korea and that's how the things 'work' perfectly in Confucian ways...) Nevertheless, I really want to become a cosplay model who earns actual money from the said career.

Sadly there are so many things that discourage me. First my height(181cm), few adorable and younger looking sub-culture female characters are this tall and few nerds want to spend money on a model taller than them. Second, overall conservatism here. Confucianism and Phobia still prevail here and photographers whose demographic is almost entirely cishet male never try to take pics of amab cosplayers. And never have I seen a gay Korean photographer, because even if one exists, he'll get outed severely. And other 'obstacles' such as market demands (no markets and supply/demand for LGBTQI in Korea), backlash, denouncements....

I'll leave Korea eventually to be a cosplay model, just asking if it is totally feasible

Posted Jan 30, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC

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