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Global News

Added on: 09/15/2021

Harassment led transgender nurse to develop health issues

09/13/2021

A labor ministry office in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, concluded that a transgender hospital worker’s mental health issues were the result of months of being misgendered by other…

Global News

Added on: 08/14/2021

LGBTQ stars grabbed spotlight at Olympics, but Japanese athletes remained hidden

8/13/21

If LGBTQ athletes at the Tokyo Olympics were their own country, they would have been in the top 10 on the medal table. Around 180 athletes at…

Global News

Added on: 08/08/2021

‘Team LGBTQ’ earns 32 medals at Tokyo Olympics

8/8/21

As the torch goes out at Japan National Stadium in Meiji-Jingu Park, the end has arrived for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games— dubbed “the rainbow Olympics” by…

Global News

Added on: 08/08/2021

British diver Tom Daley says sports has ‘a lot further to go’ on LGBTQ acceptance

8/7/21

British diver Tom Daley says he is proud to be able to inspire other people as an openly gay athlete, but he is quick to add that…

Global News

Added on: 08/06/2021

IOC Investigates Anti-LGBT Slurs Against Olympic Athletes on Russian TV

08/06/2021

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is investigating two Russian state-run TV channels over talk shows that disparaged the lifestyles of a transgender and a gay athlete as…

Global News

Added on: 07/29/2021

‘About time’: LGBTQ Olympic athletes unleash a rainbow wave

07/27/2021

TOKYO (AP) — When Olympic diver Tom Daley announced in 2013 that he was dating a man and “couldn’t be happier,” his coming out was an act…

Global News

Added on: 07/23/2021

False start for intersex athletes barred from Olympics

07/22/2021

When the world’s fastest women race for gold over 800m in Tokyo, all three medallists from the 2016 Olympics will be absent – barred as intersex athletes…

Global News

Added on: 07/19/2021

Japan: Prime Minister Should Back LGBT Equality Act

07/18/2021

(Tokyo) – The Japanese government’s failure to pass a national nondiscrimination law to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and…

Global News

Added on: 07/16/2021

Here are 3 Olympic couples who will be competing on the same team in Tokyo

07/15/2021

A record number of out LGBTQ athletes are heading to Tokyo, and naturally, that means several Olympic couples will be making the trip together. We’ve seen same-sex…

Global News

Added on: 07/16/2021

These 15 Historical Examples Of LGBTQ Culture Around The World You Might Not Have Known About

07/13/2021

Nonbinary Vikings – Viking imagery in contemporary culture is heavily associated with stereotypes surrounding masculinity; long-haired, heavily muscled warriors are used to sell everything from beer to…

Global News

Added on: 07/08/2021

LGBT visibility grows in Japan ahead of ‘diversity’ Olympics

07/06/2021

Fumino Sugiyama, a former female fencer for the Japan women’s national team who came out as a man more than a decade ago, last week became the…

Global News

Added on: 06/26/2021

Japanese Olympic Committee names first transgender member

6/25/21

A transgender former fencer hailed a “massive change” in Japan’s LGBTQ awareness after being appointed to the Japanese Olympic Committee’s board of directors just weeks before the…

Global News

Added on: 06/16/2021

Japan Heads into ‘Diversity’ Olympics Without Promised LGBT Law

06/15/2021

Japan’s parliament ended its session without passing a promised law on LGBT understanding, failing to fulfill a ruling party pledge just as the country is set to…

Global News

Added on: 06/07/2021

Japanese LGBTQ groups and supporters stage rally in Tokyo, demand equal rights

06/06/2021

Japanese sexual minority groups and their supporters staged a rally outside Tokyo’s iconic Shibuya Station on Sunday calling for equal rights and public support for enacting a…

Global News

Added on: 05/29/2021

Japan ruling party abandons LGBT bill as consensus elusive

05/28/2021

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday gave up on legislation to promote public awareness of sexual minorities, proving unable to overcome opposition within its own ranks….

Global News

Added on: 05/26/2021

Japan: New Momentum to Reform Transgender Law

05/25/2021

Transgender people in Japan face continuing barriers to changing their legally recognized gender, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Japanese government should heed…

Global News

Added on: 05/25/2021

Japanese politicians refuse to pass LGBTQ rights bill as Olympics approach

05/24/2021

Advocates around the world are calling foul on Japan, worrying that the country won’t meet their pledge to pass a LGBTQ rights law before hosting the Olympics…

Global News

Added on: 05/23/2021

Japanese Lawmaker Says LGBT Rights Go Against Preservation of Species Amid Record-Low Birth Rates

5/22/21

Japanese lawmaker Kazuo Yana of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has said that LGBT rights go against the preservation of species amid record-low birth rates in…

Global News

Added on: 05/20/2021

Japan LDP Puts Off LGBT Bill Approval amid Cautious View

05/20/2021

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday postponed approving a draft bill to promote understanding of sexual minorities as conservative members grew cautious about it. Their cautious…

World Voices

Added on: 05/14/2021

Haru Ono – Family Rainbow, Japan

Kate Efron and Manae Yamaguchi

Alturi Contributors

Thanks so much for joining us, Ms. Ono. I would like to begin by asking you, ‘‘How did you get involved in LGBTQ+ activism?’’ Could you please…

Global News

Added on: 05/12/2021

Japan’s Ruling Party LGBT Bill Falls Short

05/07/2021

Over the past six years, activists in Japan have pressed the Diet, the national parliament, to introduce a nondiscrimination law that protects the rights of lesbian, gay,…

Global News

Added on: 04/28/2021

Tokyo 2020 chief visits LGBTQ centre to emphasise diversity

04/27/2021

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto visited Japan’s first permanent LGBTQ centre on Tuesday and emphasised Tokyo Olympic organisers’ commitment to facilitating the public’s understanding of issues surrounding…

Global News

Added on: 04/09/2021

Panel of Japan’s ruling LDP to seek early passage of law on LGBT understanding

04/08/2021

A ruling party committee said Thursday that it will aim to enact a law to promote understanding of sexual minorities during the ongoing session of the Diet,…

Global News

Added on: 04/08/2021

Legalising same-sex marriage in Japan

04/08/2021

Last month, a Japanese district court for the first time ruled that not allowing same-sex couples to marry is unconstitutional. The verdict by the Sapporo District Court…

Global News

Added on: 04/05/2021

Nearly 60% of Japan municipalities say current LGBT system inadequate

04/05/2021

Fifty-nine percent of 87 local governments that have introduced, or plan to introduce, a same-sex partnership system feel that Japan’s current system for sexual minorities is inadequate,…

Global News

Added on: 04/02/2021

Japan granted 93 foreigners permission to bring their same-sex spouse

03/26/2021

At least 93 foreigners residing in Japan were granted permission to bring their same-sex spouses to the country under a special visa between 2013 and 2020, the…

Global News

Added on: 03/28/2021

LGBT groups seeking equality law in Japan before Olympics

3/23/21

Activists submitted a petition with over 106,000 signatures to Japan’s ruling party Thursday, calling for an LGBT equality law to be enacted before the Tokyo Games, saying…

Global News

Added on: 03/25/2021

‘The light of hope’: Japanese same-sex couple overjoyed by marriage ruling

03/22/2021

Jenny and Narumi wept for happiness last week when a Japanese court ruled that barring same-sex marriages was unconstitutional, a decision that allowed them to move a…

Global News

Added on: 03/19/2021

A Boost to Same-Sex Marriage in Japan

03/18/2021

It was quite something to see a district court judge break into tears as she read her verdict declaring the denial of marriage registration to same-sex couples…

Global News

Added on: 03/18/2021

In landmark ruling, Japan court says it is ‘unconstitutional’ to bar same-sex marriage

03/16/2021

A Japanese court ruled on Wednesday that not allowing same-sex couples to get married is “unconstitutional,” setting a precedent in the only G7 nation not to fully…