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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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Queer voices in Japan are f**king diverse

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

In this vlog from 2 years and half ago, I talk about allyship, gay marriage/partnership, representation, and Western queer media——all relevant topics to this da...

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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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The Privilege To Say ‘I Don’t’

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Masaki C. Matsumoto / 4 Comments

As I was going through the daily routine of browsing Facebook & Twitter, I found a NYT article, Gay Couples, Choosing to Say ‘I Don’t’, the title of which c...

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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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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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Billy Elliot and Me

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

From September 8 to 12, I was in London. The flight connecting from Kuala Lumpur to Heathrow, London was delayed for a good 14 hours and me and another presente...

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