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Streets flooded with colour for Tokyo Pride 2024

Streets flooded with colour for Tokyo Pride 2024

The streets of Tokyo‘s Shibuya Ward were flooded with colour on April 21 as 15,000 community members and supporters participated in the 30th Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade. Over the last three decades, social attitudes toward sexual minorities in Japan have changed significantly, as evidenced by a landm

Petition calls for LGBTQ+ equality in Japan

Petition calls for LGBTQ+ equality in Japan

A petition has been sent to Japan’s ruling party to call for LGBTQ+ equality.

Gay Olympian: Trained to Dive, Trained to Suppress His Sexuality

Gay Olympian: Trained to Dive, Trained to Suppress His Sexuality

“I was the First Openly Gay Male Olympic Champion”

Update: Tokyo politician apologises for LGBTQ+ remarks

Update: Tokyo politician apologises for LGBTQ+ remarks

78-year-old Masateru Shiraishi, an 11th term politician in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward, has publicly apologised for saying the LGBTQ+ community were responsible for falling birth rates.

LGBTQ+ activists in Japan launch petition for equality law

LGBTQ+ activists in Japan launch petition for equality law

The Japan Alliance for LGBTQ+ Legislation launched a petition on Thursday 15 October in collaboration with various LGBTQ+ activists in the country to demand an official LGBTQ+ equality law is implemented in time for the Tokyo Olympics next year.

Tokyo politician blames LGBTQ+ community for falling birth rates

Tokyo politician blames LGBTQ+ community for falling birth rates

Masateru Shiraishi of Japan’s ruling party has faced criticism after claiming his north Tokyo ward would ‘no longer exist’ if LGBTQ+ people had legal protections.

LGBTQ+ information centre to open in Tokyo

LGBTQ+ information centre to open in Tokyo

The Pride House Tokyo Legacy is due to open its doors on October 11 2020 in time for the Tokyo Olympics 2021.

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