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Masaki C. Matsumoto
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My first collab video – “LGBTQ & YouTube: Japan vs. UK/US (part 1/2)”

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

While a gay YouTuber in the US asks his fans to donate money to an anti-LGBT bullying charity, YouTube Japan is filled with homophobic content like “let&#...

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Queer By Choice and Ex-gay

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

I have always been sick of the born-this-way rhetoric that mainstream gay activism has so proudly spread all over the U.S. I don’t have anything against t...

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My Coming Out Story… or a lack thereof!

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

This piece of writing was submitted to the Office for LGBTQ Student Affairs at the University of Chicago as part of their OUTober: Coming Out Stories Project. T...

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I Want To Drown

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

When I first got that name, “gay,” I felt jubilant. I accepted the name and told people that I was gay. Since I was also bisexual from time to time, I sometimes...

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Don’t leave ’em alone, but don’t bother, either.

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

At Below the Belt, Someone (I’m sorry but I can’t find their name) posted an entry on class divisions and the invisible working-class in queer commu...

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Unhappy Queer In Denial – I Am Not Who I Am And That’s Fine, Thank You Very Much

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

People say, “happiness is all that matters,” “it’s fine as long as you’re happy,” “I just want you to be happy,”...

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