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Is homosexuality orientation or preference?

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

There’s a debate on whether homosexuality is a preference or orientation. But is one better than the other? Let’s take a moment to go back in histor...

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Queer Theory as a Critique of Society: the Closet and Gay Marriage

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

A guest lecture at Aoyama Gakuin University On Thursday, December 14, I went to the Shibuya campus of Aoyama Gakuin University to give a guest lecture in a gend...

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LGBTQ politics in Japan, gay marriage, and sex education

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

I was interviewed by a student in the UK and here are excerpts from my answers.

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My Interview on Feminism, Queer Activism, and Representation in Japanese Pop Culture Is Now Online at AniFem

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

Amelia said she wanted to interview me for the AniFem website, and I agreed, part of the reason being it's a new website and yet they promise to pay all writers...

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Pass ENDA?

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 0 Comment

I found this animated GIF by glaad for the ENDA campaign.

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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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Crawling on the Rainbow Band

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

A poetry.

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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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