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A queer writer and YouTuber. UChicago MA dropout. My preferred pronouns are they/them. Read more
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New blog

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

I’ve finally decided that I could no longer continue using WordPress. It’s not the platform, it’s the server I use. It fails just too many tim...

Creative Writing

clean your mess

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

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...

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Being queer in Japan (Q&A)

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

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...

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LGBTQ+ Representation in Japanese Media (Q&A)

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

An undergraduate student currently undertaking a class assignment asked me these questions and they kindly gave consent to my sharing their questions & my a...

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Hyper Japan LGBT+ Japan Online Panel

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

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...

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A Yelling Man in Japanese Train and the Problem with Speaking For Someone Else

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

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 ...

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Q&A video: Is Homophobia Wrong?

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 1 Comment

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...

Japanese YouTuber Nobita saying "This is not the right time."
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A Japanese YouTuber Trashes BLM and I’m Debunking His Bullshit

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 5 Comments

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...

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8 Japan LGBT/Q resources in English

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

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...

Singer MISIA singing on stage
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When Rainbow Flags Make It To National Television #Japan #LGBTQ #MISIA

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

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...

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