In the 1930s, Li Shiu Tong's boyiend, Magn Hirschfeld, was a proment fenr of gay people. But Li's own rearch has long been overlooked
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- THE GAY ASIAN ACTIVIST WHOSE THEORI ON SEXUALY WERE DES AHEAD OF THEIR TIME
- YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS GAY ASIAN-AMERIN CIVIL RIGHTS, ANTI-WAR, AND HIV/AIDS ACTIVIST
THE GAY ASIAN ACTIVIST WHOSE THEORI ON SEXUALY WERE DES AHEAD OF THEIR TIME
Homophobia a untry that has yet to legalize gay marriage has not stopped two Tokyo-based relig lears om dog what they are lled to do. * japanese gay activists *
More than 92% of Japane people aged 18 to 29 say homosexualy should be accepted by society, acrdg to a 2021 report by the Pew Rearch Center. The untry today is still a rtrictive society unr which many queer folk chafe — a place where most people tolerate the gays, but relatively few tly accept them. Gay Japan pageant 2019, a platform he to promote LGBTQ activism and allyship.
— Homosensual ?️? (@SoyHomosensual) May 3, 2017. Aya Kamikawa (born 1968) ma history as the first openly transgenr woman to w an elected seat 2003, when she beme a Tokyo municipal official for Setagaya ward (havg left the box for “sex” blank). She also elimated the “sex” tegory om Setagaya Ward ernment forms.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS GAY ASIAN-AMERIN CIVIL RIGHTS, ANTI-WAR, AND HIV/AIDS ACTIVIST
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As a ernment official and mtee member of Trans-, Kamikawa has worked to tablish same-sex civil unns Setagaya and Shibuya Wards, standardize the stallatn of yellow til for the visually impaired, improve support for sgle-parent fai, and crease multilgual support for foreign rints, among other issu.
Otsuji’s bravery g out as a gay polician helped to pave the way for new LGBT rights Japan!
Article. You Should Know This Gay Asian-Amerin Civil Rights, Anti-War, and HIV/AIDS Activist. By Juan Michael Porter II. * japanese gay activists *
In 2013, thor and polician Kanako Otsuji (born 1974) beme the first openly gay woman to s on the Natnal Diet, when a rignatn the Hoe of Councillors moved her to the seat.