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EiniliQuestionerGirl
24 Dec 2017

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How is homosexuality seen in Japan?
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I would like you to tell me if you want about your own experience ... if you have homosexual friends.
And please if someone wants to deepen homosexuality in women (lesbians) because in many blogs, forums and videos is not so touched this point ... I'm very curious.

Thank you very much!
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Michamichi
24 Dec 2017

  • Country or region United States

Probably condemned but I’m only speculating.

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Neow_Meow
24 Dec 2017

  • Country or region Japan

I don't know well about homosexuality, but Shibuya, Tokyo permit to get married between the same sex

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Tume
24 Dec 2017

  • Country or region Finland

"It's still considered something strange by many. It's not something people talk about, and if they do it's 'it doesn't have anything to do with me so I don't care'. Many homosexuals probably stay in their closets."
Said a 22-year-old female friend of mine

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Neow_Meow
24 Dec 2017

  • Country or region Japan

I agree with Tume's opinion, and therefore, too many campaigns for homosexualists' "right" or something little annoy me(maybe other Japaneses)

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Dragonflyer
24 Dec 2017

  • Country or region Japan

Strictly speaking, Shibuya’s same-sex partnership is not “marriage”, but I agree it is meaningful to some degree.

This is just my opinion.
It’s no doubt our society is getting friendly to LGBTQ+. But we can’t say they’re widely accepted yet, and as Tume said, the majority of them (/ us) still remain in the closet. (I myself haven’t come out to my family. I reckon they must’ve already known it, thou lol)
Yes, especially lesbians tend to (/ are forced to) be invisible in our society, where it’s still regarded a sort of taboo for women to openly speak about their own sex.

Sorry I’m not an L and don’t know much about their community.
If talking about Tokyo, this may help find bars and cafes (sorry it’s in Japanese):
https://www.timeout.jp/tokyo/ja/lgbt/friendly-spot
I feel their choice is fairly reliable.

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Yuju-
24 Dec 2017

  • Country or region Indonesia

@Neow_Meow Only in Shibuya?

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Akina007
24 Dec 2017

  • Country or region Japan

One of my friends is gay and he's quite open about it. And a few people have confronted him about it and told him daft things like he'll rot in hell for being gay but most people will probably try to avoid talking about it. But over the years I think that Japan is warming up to the LGBTQ+ community and I hope it's not long until it's fully accepted. I'm not lesbian and I don't know much about their community here but I fully accept them.

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EiniliQuestionerGirl
25 Dec 2017

  • Country or region Chile
Wow, thank you guys for the answers, they are very interesting!
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