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Good Aging Yells to open “Pride House Tokyo”, an information center on LGBT and sports during the 2020 Summer Olympics.

The right person is Mr. Matsunaka. At the pride house in Rio de Janeiro Olympic. A Tokyo-based nonprofit advocacy organization for LGBT, Good Aging Ye...

Kunihiro Maeda of Bunkyo Ward openly came out as gay at the news conference of LGBT League.

Photo at press conference about LGBT League. Kunihiro Maeda is second person from the right. On July 6th, five LGBT assembly members, including Aya Ue...

A transgender woman will be a Hollywood star.

Keito has worked as wedding model, too. On July 1st, Asakura Kate, a male-to- female (MtF) transgender singer and fashion model, told her fans...

A reform bill to allow same-sex couples to live in a municipally-owned housing in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo.

Nobuto Hosaka, director of Setagaya Ward On June 22nd, the Congress of Setagaya Ward, Tokyo unanimously passed a reform bill to revise its municipal o...

A transgender woman,who was denied the use of facilities as a woman, filed a lawsuit against Konami Sports Club Co and reached a settlement.

A transgender woman in the city of Kyoto reached a settlement in a dispute over the use of female facilities in Konami Sports Club Co. The transgender...

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...