Author: Masaki C. Matsumoto
clean your mess
you don’t think I could be as woke as youI am not as White as you so I won’t judgeoh no, let me take it back, I hate youso stop sending me what you think I shou...
Being queer in Japan (Q&A)
A couple days ago, a graduate student from France studying journalism, Elina Pernin, interviewed me via e-mail. I asked them if I could share the interview on m...
LGBTQ+ Representation in Japanese Media (Q&A)
An undergraduate student currently undertaking a class assignment asked me these questions and they kindly gave consent to my sharing their questions & my a...
Hyper Japan LGBT+ Japan Online Panel
I will be on panel at Hyper Japan on July 26th at 4PM BST (July 27th at 1AM JST). Set a reminder on YouTube via the embeded video below. Join our guests for a d...
A Yelling Man in Japanese Train and the Problem with Speaking For Someone Else
I started using my 2nd Japanese Twitter account a.k.a. my bar business account to share short videos, like this one about homophobia and J-pop vocal covers. In ...
Q&A video: Is Homophobia Wrong?
I updated my YouTube channel with the short video I had previously uploaded to Twitter (my 2nd Japanese account). It’s a Q&A video where I answer this...
A Japanese YouTuber Trashes BLM and I’m Debunking His Bullshit
Trigger warning: racism and anti-Blackness. A friend of mine sent me this video via Twitter DM today. I thought for a moment the text in the thumbnail read R...
8 Japan LGBT/Q resources in English
This video is about 3 years old but for some reason I didn’t post it here on my blog. It’s on my English channel, which I’m rejuvenating (fina...
When Rainbow Flags Make It To National Television #Japan #LGBTQ #MISIA
When I started college, there already existed prides and rainbow flags. I didn't have to create queer spaces to join or queer symbols to identify with. They wer...