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Sabine Frühstück

Professor of Modern Japanese Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara, California, U.S.

Sabine Frühstück

Watered-down LGBTQ ‘understanding’ bill shows how far Japan’s parliament is out of step with its society – and history

Japan

Watered-down LGBTQ ‘understanding’ bill shows how far Japan’s parliament is out of step with its society – and history

— Japan has a rich queer history and is seeing societal changes in favour of greater LGBTQ recognition. That said, national politicians have yet to catch up.

By Sabine Frühstück

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