LGBT Rights in Japan

[AsianActivist]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10154122973614354

Here is a video from HRW (Human Rights Watch) about the human rights of the LGBT community in Japan. Japan is commonly considered a first-world country but in many social respects they lag far behind the rest of the world and are in a league with authoritarian third-world countries. Just proof that money can't buy class.

 

[Subhankar Zac]

Japanese values still represent the progeny ideals of marriage. It's social thinking still has to evolve but they're making restaurants where customers can eat a woman's ***... So, strange and really bizzare!

 

[Revoltingest]

You might enjoy an episode of Gaycation (Vice channel) which deals with Japan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/travel/ellen-page-gaycation-vice.html?_r=0

 

[Shadow Wolf]

In many, many ways Japan is very conservative and traditional. And, much like it is in America, you find more tolerance for homosexuals and transgender people in bigger cities.

 

[AsianActivist]

As someone who is a straight ally, most East Asian countries are pretty abysmal for LGBTQI rights.

South Korea is homophobic due to the evangelical/Catholic Christian influence.

North Korea and China are homophobic because oppression is what they do best. Historically, members of the LGBTQI community have been at the forefront of building more open societies, and hence the persecution of this group in authoritarian countries.

Japan, because they imported supposedly "Western" ideas during the 19th century and never got rid of them.

The only somewhat decent country when it comes to LGBTQI rights is Taiwan, but they're still far behind the West.