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Originally Posted by Columbine
It's a kind of performance art; not to everyone's taste, but on a similar line to Hard Gay. It's shock value to a degree. Some people find Lady Gaga inspirational, some find her bafflingly ridiculous. Some people are fans of transvestite celebrities, others want to vomit at the very idea. *shrug* c'est la vie.
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I can't think of any popular transvestite celebrities on American TV currently, but there is a niche for gay celebrities, as conservative as America may seem. But it's just as you described from a UK perspective, it's simply a niche that does it for some people and not for others.
However in Japan, it seems to be treated in the same regard as any other type of comedy or humor. You'll see comedy sketches and whatnot that simply throw in a transvestite and everyone just goes along with it.