My first collab video – “LGBTQ & YouTube: Japan vs. UK/US (part 1/2)”
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&#...
Tag: U.S.
If You’re Not To Marry, Everyone Else Makes Sure You Want To Die
For those in the progressive circles who’ve always seen the radical queer left and their anti-(gay)marriage politics as mere hindrance, or even a pain in ...
Pass ENDA?
I found this animated GIF by glaad for the ENDA campaign.
The Privilege To Say ‘I Don’t’
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...
Read before you write about LGBT politics in Japan
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...
Queer By Choice and Ex-gay
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...
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.
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...
UChicago Safety Issues and Student Privilege
Updated May 25, 2011 The Saferide Program at the University of Chicago provides free transportation for its students, employees, faculty members and other affil...
SUCH “HOMOPHOBIC” COMMUNITIES
So the passage of Proposition 8 (which I do not think needs any explanation since many people are talking about it, even here in Japan, which makes me feel that...
Listed As Such
Found this article on Alas, a blog, and I have nothing against the idea that women on maternity leaves should be paid, but one thing I wanted to comment on was ...