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Nakano Ward to recognize same-sex couples.

Nakano Partnership Oath started on September 6th. Nakano Ward, Tokyo started offering partnership certificates at the ward office. The first couple th...

Lawmaker, Tomomi Higashi, Comes Out as Asexual and Gender X.

On September 3rd, Tomomi Higashi, a member of the municipal assembly of the Tokyo suburb of Machida, came out as asexual and non-binary gender. “I am...

The Number of People Newly Infected with HIV in 2017 Decreases for The First Time in Eleven Years

HIV/AIDS surveillance in Japan announced on August 27th that the total number of people newly infected with HIV in 2017 was 1,389. 976”HIV” and 413 “A...

Robert Campbell Comes Out to Decry The Discriminatory LDP Lawmaker, Mio Sugita

On August 2nd, Mio Sugita, a junior member of the House of Representatives belonging to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, officially apologized to...

CDP plans to revise Civil Code as to legalize same-sex marriage and to eliminate discrimination against sexual minority

On July 30th, Tetsuro Fukuyama of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan(CDP) told reporters that the party was planning to revise Civil Code to...

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...

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