A list for someone who is looking for this kind of representation in Asian TV, more specifically from the Southeast and Far East countries. So far I have reviewed movies and series from these countries: Japan, S. Korea, Thailand, China, and Taiwan. Companies in Japan consisting of ten or more employees are required to establish work regulations. In January 2018, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare revised the Model Rules of Employment (モデル就業規則) [e] which "stands as the example framework for work regulations", to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and "gender identification". [64] Article 15 reads: [72] In the pre- Meiji era, nanshoku (男色) relationships inside Buddhist monasteries were typically pederastic. The older partner, or nenja ( 念者, "lover" or "admirer"), would be a monk, priest or abbot, while the younger partner was assumed to be an acolyte ( 稚児, chigo), who would be a prepubescent or adolescent boy. [26] The relationship would be dissolved once the boy reached adulthood (or left the monastery). Both parties were encouraged to treat the relationship seriously and conduct the affair honorably, and the nenja might be required to write a formal vow of fidelity. [27] During the Tokugawa period, some of the Shinto gods, especially Hachiman, Myoshin, Shinmei and Tenjin, "came to be seen as guardian deities of nanshoku" (male–male love).

Yale Professor Nakamura discusses Japanese transgender identity and disability". The Georgetown Voice. 23 October 2015 . Retrieved 23 July 2021. Glauert, Rik (26 June 2019). "Japan's ruling party reveals draft 'LGBT understanding' bill". Gay Star News. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019 . Retrieved 16 August 2019. In 2010, Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara faced international criticism for controversial comments he made, in which he said that gays and lesbians were "deficient somehow. It may be attributed to something genetic. I feel sorry for them being a minority." [113]In 2005, Kanako Otsuji, from the Osaka Prefectural Assembly (2003–2007), became the first openly gay politician in Japan, when she formally came out at the Tokyo Gay Pride Festival. She later briefly served on the House of Councillors in 2013. Following the 2017 general election, Otsuji became the first openly lesbian member of the House of Representatives. [112]

Roy, Deblina (June 2019). "Homosexuality and Mythology". Indian Journal of Health, Sexuality & Culture. 5 (1): 60 . Retrieved 17 April 2023.In 2017, the Education Ministry added sexual orientation and gender identity to its national bullying policy. [63] [75] The policy mandates that schools should prevent bullying of students based on their sexual orientation or gender identity by "promoting proper understanding of teachers on … sexual orientation/gender identity as well as making sure to inform on the school's necessary measures regarding this matter." Taiga Ishikawa is Japan's first openly gay elected official". Tokyomango.com. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012 . Retrieved 16 June 2014. Even though surgery is required as a condition to change one's registered gender in the Japanese courts, this only applies to Japanese nationals. Foreign nationals change their registered gender with the country of their nationality, then reporting the change to the Immigration Services Agency to be reflected on their residence card. This conflict of laws can lead to bureaucratic breakdown. Hear someone's personal opinion (mine is based on everything I've seen so far in WLW media, mostly Les/Bi* (but trans and ace etc too), and specific opinions of a film student; Some jurisdictions offer "partnership certificates" including identifying biological children of one partner, with limited recognition in certain venues; symbolic certificates pending in several jurisdictions)

Japan's parliament passes watered-down LGBTQ understanding bill". The Japan Times. 16 June 2023 . Retrieved 12 October 2023. In April 2022, legislation prohibiting discrimination among others sexual orientation and gender identity came into operation in Akita Prefecture. [70] Employment discrimination [ edit ] Same-sex couples are generally not allowed to legally adopt in Japan, though in some regions it is legally complicated. Lesbian couples and single women are unable to access IVF and artificial insemination. [48] In December 2022, a "very broad and comprehensive fertility bill" was introduced in Japan - that explicitly and legally only allows heterosexual married women access to IVF treatment. [49] This drama "just" showed to South Korea it's first on-screen lesbian kiss (it was really a kiss not one of that weird touch of lips that k-dramas love to show) and almost got cancelled for that (congratulations on your homophobia SK).

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Yasuhiko Watanabe, a law professor at Kyoto Sangyo University, stated that if Japan recognizes same-sex marriage, that would impact the whole of Asia, proving that it is allowed not only in Western societies. [43] In October 2020, The Guardian reported that several Japanese love hotels were denying entry to same-sex couples for the sole reason of their sexual orientation, despite it being illegal under federal law since 2018 as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. [7] Bullying in schools [ edit ]