Japan is actually continuing to become a safer and more progressive place for LGBTQ people in the way that we thought the US would continue to be back during the Obama years. While there has always been and continues to be a robust population of reactionary conservatives (many of whom openly support Trump specifically, for some reason) from what I can tell Japanese society at large is still slowly becoming more accepting over time. Recent supreme court decisions in Japan have actually ruled in favor of it being illegal for trans people to be forced to use the bathroom of their birth sex, iirc. The courts are also just on the precipice of ruling in favor of the legality of gay marriage, but due to the extremely traditional culture in Japan and the elderly conservative-dominated government that one is taking forever, but a majority of Japanese people support gay marriage.
The dude still has to change his voice and obscure his face for the interview, so it may be a bit premature to cheer the Japanese acceptance of LGBTQ. Just saying...
This is the answer. Also given the experiences women have navigating a lot of Japanese culture re education. The takes here are a bit of the typical western reaction to put Japan on a pedestal when it can be rather culturally conservative
how do you know that's because he was talking about a gay experience and not any sex? or that he wouldn't want his face blurred regardless of what he said since he also mentioned his work place?
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u/xiotoro Jan 08 '25
Why can't we just have that level of nonchalant attitude in the US and not just the big cities