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Debunking myths about LGBTQ politics & cultures in Japan

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

“Hate crime is nonexistent in Japan,” “Japan only recently started having pride marches,” “homosexuality is accepted in Japan beca...

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Interview: Filmmaker Graham Kolbeins (“Queer Japan”)

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

Queer Filmmaker Graham Kolbeins talks about interviewing queer people, funding for queer documentary filmmakers, creative freedom vs focus, the Western gaze, th...

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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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News: “Same-sex partner code proposition: Shibuya ward’s “human rights” double-standard?”

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 2 Comments

Translated by Masaki C. Same-sex partner code proposition: Shibuya ward’s “human rights” double-standard? Different stances on sexual & gender minority and ...

No to Occupation, No to Osprey
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Read before you write about LGBT politics in Japan

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 10 Comments

Although this isn't intended to be an exhaustive summary of history of LGBT politics in Japan, which I cannot possibly provide given my limited knowledge, I jus...

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Stop the Arrests! PERMANENTLY!

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

At SWAAY I found out about this new campaign calling for a moratorium on arrests etc. of sex workers until the end of the Olympics. Stop the Arrests Campaign is...

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Fake (?) MLK Quote and Its Inappropriateness in the Context of Osama bin Laden’s Death

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

ORIGINALLY POSTED ONLINE MAY 3, 2011. The following quote has been and still is circulating rapidly on the Internet, even spreading beyond the English-language ...

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I don’t have the right to consume the misfortune of people in Japan

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

Japan tsunami and earthquake: 30 children sit silent in classroom after parents vanish | Mail Online. Ok. I almost cried. I almost cried not because of the deva...

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Gay Marriage: Why I Don’t Like It——or Why Anyone Who Doesn’t Support It Must Fight Against the Notion of Citizenship

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

There is no doubt you can get all sorts of benefits and rights through marriage. I myself will not stubbornly stick to my anti-marriage belief if I really need ...

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It’s Texas, not America. It’s Scots, not the English. It’s a Black girl, not us Whites. It’s the Arab world, not our civilization.

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

Beaten and burned, a gay man was found dead in Cumnock, Scotland, possibly for being gay, although the attacker’s motive has yet to be investigated. I hav...

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