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Kanagawa Prefecture to launch a new enterprise to support LGBT citizens, seeking to hire consulting staff.

Kanagawa Prefecture to launch a new enterprise to support LGBT citizens, seeking to hire consulting staff. According to Nikkei Business Publications,...

Fans Raving About IVAN and Yuki Nomura Dating

Left:IVAN, Right:Yuki Nomura IVAN, a transgender fashion model, and Yuki Nomura, an actor announced their current relationship the other day. Their fa...

Same-sex partnership to be recognized in Fukuoka City

From Left: Miho Yamashita, Anri Ishizaki, Mayor Takashima Last February, Fukuoka City announced that the city would start recognizing same- sex unions...

LGBT to be included in Junior High School Moral Education Textbooks.

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced its newly approved textbooks for junior high schools. It turned out that the...

The Rainbow Diet to Embrace Sexual Diversity in the Tokyo 2020

The 2nd Rainbow Diet (Raibow Kokkai in Japanese) was held at First Member’s Office Building of the House Representatives on March 13th, Tuesday. It wa...

How to have a blast in Japanese gay bar.

Gay bars in Japan are very unique. We, customers, sit along the counter called “Tomari Gi (a perch)”, and indulge ourselves in a good conv...

You’re NOT Fat, You’re a Gaijin

I am an average size women. 5’3 and 123 lbs (160cm and 56kg). I’m rock in’ that Italian booty and hips my momma gave me. Back home,...

Being Out in Japan Part 2: The Workplace

By: Roz Back home in Michigan I can legally get married and the next day be fired for it. That terrifying thought is why I have the fear of coming out...

Densha Ojisan

By: Roz I take the Chuo Line train from Yoyogi to home after work. The train is always very packed because it is one station before a major stop, Shin...

Same-sex Wedding Planning

By Roz It is a month before our wedding and tension is high, just as it is for most couples before their wedding, but a same-sex wedding tends to come...