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Media's Too Simple View of Japan LGBT

Written byKeiko Tanaka

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Posted 15 May 2013 11:34 GMT

Blogger and activist Masaki C. has something to say about English media coverage of LGBT politics in Japan, arguing that they simplify the issue down to marriage equality:

They are, in constructing LGBT politics in Japan as such, erasing local history and ignoring dialogues taking place among queers in Japan.

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