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Grave-sharing service will start for same-sex couples.

“We would like to embrace sexual diversity by offering a grave to a same-sex couple.” ‘Shodaiji’ Temple, a temple of ‘Jo...

Tomoya Hosoda becomes Japan’s first trans man to be elected in Iruma City.

Mr. Hosoda speaking at Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2017(photo by Kakejiku) On March 12th, Tomoya Hosoda, 25, became the first openly transgender man to be ele...

“Rainbow Diet” asks for enactment of a law that prohibits LGBT discrimination.

On March 9th, as many as three hundred participants gathered at First Diet Members’ Office Building to attend “Rainbow Diet”, a gath...

Satoshi Tsumabuki won the best supporting actor award at the Japan Academy Awards for playing a gay man in the film “RAGE.”

A scene from the film “RAGE” right: Satoshi Tsumabuki as Yuma left: Go Ayano as Naoto On March 3rd, the 40th Japan Academy Awards was held in Tokyo. S...

Revision to Basic Principles for Preventing Bullying asks for better understanding of LGBT students among school teachers.

It’s one scene from ”The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down LGBT bullying and exclusion in Japanese schools”. The caption of this scene says “som...

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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...