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.
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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
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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).
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS GAY ASIAN-AMERIN CIVIL RIGHTS, ANTI-WAR, AND HIV/AIDS ACTIVIST
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 * japanese gay activists *
She also elimated the “sex” tegory om Setagaya Ward ernment forms.
Article. You Should Know This Gay Asian-Amerin Civil Rights, Anti-War, and HIV/AIDS Activist. By Juan Michael Porter II. * japanese gay activists *
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! 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.
Electn of gay lawmaker Japan spurs hop for #SameSexMarriage #GayJapan @ishikawataiga@LGBTPkieB @Openly – Taiga Ishikawa said he believ same-sex marriage will be legalised durg his six-year term. — ILoveGay Japan ?? (@ILoveGayJapan) July 23, 2019.
2011 saw the electns of the first two openly gay male policians, Taiga Ishikawa and Wata Ishizaka. Like Kamikawa and Otsuji, Ishikawa has published a memoir on growg up as a gay man and has ntributed to several books on sexualy.