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Contents:
- 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.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS GAY ASIAN-AMERIN CIVIL RIGHTS, ANTI-WAR, AND HIV/AIDS ACTIVIST
* japanese gay activists *
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. 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.
Article. You Should Know This Gay Asian-Amerin Civil Rights, Anti-War, and HIV/AIDS Activist. By Juan Michael Porter II. * japanese gay activists *
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. As well as the first openly gay polician elected Nakano, he was also the first assembly member to be qualified as a mental health social worker, and has had a long reer stctg and supportg stunts wh special needs and tism.
As we settle to watch our Pri celebratns on Zoom this month, nsir the ways, as LGBTQ members or as alli, we n create our own thentic spac–whether that’s jt our room, the gay district of Tokyo, or somethg to expand to the whole world. What’s It Like Beg Mr Gay Japan?