At the time, there was very little information on homosexuality. Tagame Gengoroh : I really came to grasp with the fact that I was homosexual when I was between 15 and 18 years old, between the end of the 70s and the beginning of the 80s. Xavier Guilbert : So then, when did you realize you were homosexual ?
Tagame Gengoroh : Yes, there are very few places where gays can meet in public and broad daylight. In Tôkyô, I was aware of the gay district in Shinjuku 2-chôme, but apart from that, homosexuals seemed pretty much invisible. On TV variety or talk shows, you would sometimes see extravagant transvestites on display, but with no context. Xavier Guilbert : I spent five years in Japan, but I wasn’t aware of the existence of a gay culture there.
