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Leslie Cheung: Continue breaking gender normal 17 years after his death | Hot Asian Men Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday PEOPLE People 04/24/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

View this post on Instagram #영원한오빠#장국영 #그를기리며 #리그램 – @cine_21 by @get_regrammer “난 인기 최절정에 있을 때 그만두고 은퇴할 거야. 내리막길은 겪고 싶지 않아. 시들어가는 건 싫다고.” 살아생전 홍콩 배우 장국영은 입버릇처럼 왕가위 감독에게 이렇게 […]

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Kiyoshi Hikawa—“Prince of Enka” Gifted End-of-Year Award, Stuns Fans with Their New “Genderless” Style at Kōhaku Uta Gassen

LGBTQ+ LGBTQ+ People PEOPLE 01/15/2020 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Not long ago, Japan ushered in the new year with a slew of year-end programs. One of them was “Kōhaku Uta Gassen” (紅白歌合戦), more commonly known simply as Kōhaku, an annual New Year’s Eve television […]

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5 Best Japanese Gay Anthems to Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride

LGBTQ+ LGBTQ+ 05/19/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Last year, the Japanese-American gay icon (aka “lesbian Jesus”) Hayley Kiyoko’s viral hashtag #20GAYTEEN kicked off a year of LGBTQ visibility like never before. Janelle Monáe opened up about her being pansexual this April and […]

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2019—Japan, Still Lagging Behind in LGBTQ+ Issues 

LGBTQ+ 04/10/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Japan, the only member of the G7 that does not recognize same-sex unions, is slowly expanding rights protection for LGBTQ+ citizens in recent years. In 2015, Shibuya district started issuing partnership certificates to same-sex couples. […]

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