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Re:Young female Japanese biker is 50-year-old man using FaceApp by mkl95 on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:44PM (#26515477)
> The man reportedly said that nobody wants to see an "uncle", and so, he turned himself into a "beautiful woman" so that his photos would be popular.

He self identifies as a 50 year old man. He admits that he just did it for attention near the end of the article.

Re:Young female Japanese biker is 50-year-old man using FaceApp by luckylion on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:52PM (#26515610)
So? He wanted to make a point, or he wanted attention, what did anyone lose by him pretending to be a young woman and get attention?

Instagram biker chicks might be annoyed because he's a competitor, but anyone else?

Re:Young female Japanese biker is 50-year-old man using FaceApp by LanceH on Friday March 19, 2021 @01:10PM (#26515802)
I assume all the instagram biker chicks are no turning off their filters and removing makeup, right?
Re:Young female Japanese biker is 50-year-old man using FaceApp by jessa0 on Friday March 19, 2021 @01:41PM (#26516176)
I'm not going to assume anything about this person's gender, but I think it's worth mentioning that the Japanese government uses violence to erase transgender existence [1], so it may not be a safe place to be non-cisgender.

[1] https://apnews.com/article/9ef16f52e9b94b9a838b17a63c6c1e8d

Re:Young female Japanese biker is 50-year-old man using FaceApp by mkl95 on Friday March 19, 2021 @02:01PM (#26516448)
Unfortunately, there are quite a few things Japan has tried to erase through history, with varying degrees of success. "Silence" is a pretty good novel that touches on one of those things (beware of descriptions of torture / extreme violence).
Re:Young female Japanese biker is 50-year-old man using FaceApp by soperj on Friday March 19, 2021 @04:39PM (#26517950)
He self identifies as a 50 year old man who identifies as a young beautiful woman, not just as a 50 year old man.