Japanese Court Rules That It’s Illegal To Ban Trans People From Bathrooms
The ruling is the first of its kind in Japan.
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“A Third Gender”: An Exploration into Non-binary Japan
Gender ambiguity is not a new-age expression.
The Whole 9 Yards: Year in Review
We associate the number nine with extremes: highs (cloud nine), lows (the ninth Psalm, predicting the coming of the Antichrist), good luck and bad. Considering the spectrum of events we lived through in 2010-2011—from the greatest victories to the worst tragedies—the number nine seems a particularly apt symbol for the past twelve months’ happenings. On the plus side, DADT was repealed; on the minus side, a near-apocalyptic disaster devastated Japan. Last year, we opened our Annual Year in Review with the crisis in Haiti, which proves again that life is fragile.
Frequent Flyer Fantasies
We know, your vacation fund isn’t as fat as it used to be. But now’s the time to stuff your piggy bank, tabulate your frequent flyer miles and start planning a trip to somewhere far, far away: Tokyo, Japan or Queensland, Australia.
Lesbian Lawmaker Runs for Japanese National Office
Japan’s first openly gay politician, Kanako Otsuji, runs for national office in order to encourage diversity
