Tokyo regniz same-sex partnerships, but gay marriage is not yet legalized Japan - The Washgton Post

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• RPT-A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE: 26 MOCK WEDDGS FOR JAPANE GAY UPLE
• YOUNG ASIAN GAY UPLE HUG AND KISS AT HOME. ATTRACTIVE ASIAN LGBTQ PRI MEN HAPPY RELAX SPEND ROMANTIC TIME TOGETHER WHILE LYG SOFA LIVG ROOM NCEPT. SLOW MOTN SHOT.

RPT-A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE: 26 MOCK WEDDGS FOR JAPANE GAY UPLE

Japan, Yamagata told CBS News, is no place to grow old for a gay uple. Yamagata, 57, weled this week's start of a new partnership certifitn system the cy of Tokyo, regnizg gay, non-bary and transgenr upl and allowg them to apply for public hog and to accs some public servic.

A long-time gay rights activist, Yamagata helped steer the creatn of a siar partnership scheme his lol Tokyo ward, Nakano, back 2015.

YOUNG ASIAN GAY UPLE HUG AND KISS AT HOME. ATTRACTIVE ASIAN LGBTQ PRI MEN HAPPY RELAX SPEND ROMANTIC TIME TOGETHER WHILE LYG SOFA LIVG ROOM NCEPT. SLOW MOTN SHOT.

Seven years ago — was eligible for the long-term rincy visa available to straight Japane-foreign upl, and even to gay upl who are both non-Japane. What LGBTQ rights look like Japan Japan is the only untry the Group of Seven (G7) dtrialized natns that don’t fully regnize same-sex partnerships and ranks send-to-last—only ahead of Turkey— gay and transgenr rights the Organizatn for Enomic Co-operatn and Development (OECD), a group of 38 wealthy and middle-e untri. 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.

(No change to text; marks pictur are available)LONDON, Jan 9 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - A Japane same-sex uple plan to stage weddg photos every untry around the world where gay marriage is legal a ph to crease unrstandg of LGBT+ muni at home, they said on Wednday.

”Japan’s laws on LGBT+ issu are relatively liberal pared to many Asian untri, wh homosexual sex legal sce 1880, but beg openly gay remas largely marriage is not legal, though some areas gay upl n get a certifite that allows them siar rights to married upl. A number of gay upl have said they will file lawsus over the lack of same-sex marriage rights, argug is agast the nstutnal guarantee of equaly unr law, acrdg to a report the Japane newspaper The Maichi Shimbun. ”The island natn is the scene of a heated bate over marriage equaly after the nstutnal urt led 2017 that gay upl mt be given equal rights to wed wh two years.

JapanStarrg Suzi Ryohei and Miyazawa H, “Egoist” avoids mawkishns s exploratn of a gay relatnship ntemporary, 2 Nov 22 05:37 GMT.

Courty of Tokyo Theatr Co., Matsunaga’s Egoist is a well-told tale of gay love Japan.

This primarily occurs through the juxtaposn of Kose’s luxur life wh Ryuta’s unexpected plot twist then lnch Egoist to s third act, which—whout spoilg too much—prov pecially distct om other films about gay upl navigatg an unacceptg society, and subverts the nventns of tre romance. Scen of Kose hangg out wh other gay iends, ually while sharg a meal an izakaya over drks, or sometim dnkenly stumblg home, are one example. A survey taken January found that 80% of people between the ag of 20 and 59 Japan support legalizg gay marriage, acrdg to Japan Today.

The regnn has been slow to be adopted natnwi, amid very gradual cultural acceptance of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people Japan and throughout is the only untry the Group of Seven largt enomi not to regnize same-sex marriag.

Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is not unnstutnal, a urt has led, alg a blow to gay upl and activists seekg greater rights for the LGBTQ muny. The lg of the Osaka urt dashed the hop of gay rights activists who are prsurg the ernment to rethk s opposn to same-sex marriage.