Alienating attitudes towards LGBT people persist in Japan, despite younger generations embracing diversity. Photo: Shutterstock
Alienating attitudes towards LGBT people persist in Japan, despite younger generations embracing diversity. Photo: Shutterstock
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7 years after Japanese student’s death, has anything changed for LGBT community?

  • A promising law student took his own life in 2015, at a time a grass roots shift in LGBT acceptance among Japanese was occurring
  • Years later, even as sexual and gender diversity are increasingly normalised, a chasm still remains between the public and politicians

Alienating attitudes towards LGBT people persist in Japan, despite younger generations embracing diversity. Photo: Shutterstock
Alienating attitudes towards LGBT people persist in Japan, despite younger generations embracing diversity. Photo: Shutterstock
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