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TennoChinko wrote:It's Japan. You may have taken dibs on a pair of new-halfus.
TennoChinko wrote:It's Japan. You may have taken dibs on a pair of new-halfus.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:TennoChinko wrote:It's Japan. You may have taken dibs on a pair of new-halfus.
I'm pretty sure that's why he wants first dibs.
Coligny wrote:1st dib'
and also 2nd dib'
and 3rd dib
Actor George Takei said he needed both courage and anger to come out as gay and to join the equal rights movement for sexual minorities in the U.S., and he hopes his Japanese counterparts will do the same to make their society more equal.
Takei said during a visit to Japan that he had noticed a movement beginning there, though the country of his ancestry has a long way to go. He said Japanese people need to fight for their own rights and they need to be a bit angry, too.
The “Star Trek” actor also known for his gay and civil rights activism, said he was encouraged to have met with Japanese activists for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, and even some of their parents fighting for their children.
“They have to have courage to come out and share their lives honestly,” Takei said.
Once they get a ball rolling, more movement would follow, like a “ripple effect” that spreads, he said. “So I’m optimistic. I do think that Japan will be one of the nations that have equality and that too will serve as an example for other Asian nations.”
In a country where conformity is required, many sexual minorities still fear discrimination at work and bullying at schools — and many don’t come out. Around the Asia-Pacific region, only New Zealand has legalized same-sex marriage.
Takei, 77, is in Japan to attend embassy-organized events marking LGBT Pride Month in the U.S. He toasted gay rights Thursday at a reception hosted by U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy attended by about 160 people, including Japan’s first lady, Akie Abe.
Holding rainbow fans and grinning from ear to ear, a couple in Japan was photographed on Thursday with a very special document clutched in their hands: a marriage certificate officially recognizing their same-sex union.
According to CNN, it’s the first of its kind in Japan.
Koyuki Higashi, 30, and Hiroko Masuhara, 37, were married in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward on Thursday morning.
"I am exhilarated that the city I am living has recognized my partner as my family," said Masuhara, per Reuters.
Marked Trail wrote:Coligny wrote:1st dib'
and also 2nd dib'
and 3rd dib
Here's 2012 dibs...
Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2012 by Tokyo Rainbow Pride, on Flickr
legion wrote:In the meantime the Grauniad seems to have a bee in their bonnet about chemsex.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2015/nov/05/chemsex-how-dangerous-is-it
or should that be a bug up their ass?
A member of the Suginami Municipal Assembly in Tokyo is drawing flak from the LGBT community for saying gay, lesbian and bisexual people refer to themselves so out of “personal taste” and thus are not worthy of support by municipal governments.
Suginami Ward Assemblywoman Yumi Kobayashi, 27, said during an assembly session Feb. 15 that such sexual minorities are “fundamentally different” from transgender people, “who are clearly disabled and should be legally protected.”
“‘Lesbian,’ ‘gay’ and ‘bisexual’ are terms denoting sexual orientation, and it’s not medically clear whether they are disabled or not,” Kobayashi said. “Is it really necessary for local governments to spend a lot of time and money on issues relating to sexual orientation — or personal taste?”
Kobayashi is an independent lawmaker who, according to her official website, fights against wasting public money and advocates the restoration of the ward’s fiscal health. Also during the assembly session, she voiced skepticism over recent moves by Tokyo’s Shibuya and Setagaya wards to recognize same-sex unions.
The measures “could be found in violation of Article 24 and 94 of the Constitution,” she said. Article 24 stipulates marriage as an equal partnership between two sexes, while Article 94 declares the right of municipal governments to manage their affairs and enact their own charters within national laws.
kurogane wrote:but what sort of tax funded support would homosexuals merit? I mean as homosexuals, not as normal tax paying citizens with terrible colour preferences.
wagyl wrote:By not being a lesbian, duh!
Russell wrote:wagyl wrote:By not being a lesbian, duh!
Or pretending not being lesbian...
kurogane wrote:Interesting that her Ganbaru rabbit punch pose didn't turn you off..........
That's what the handicapped toilets are for.
matsuki wrote:ハウスダンス。
matsuki wrote:kurogane wrote:but what sort of tax funded support would homosexuals merit? I mean as homosexuals, not as normal tax paying citizens with terrible colour preferences.
My thoughts exactly.
...but I'm more interested in how this very bangable 27yo got to that position
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