Queer Japan
In this important contribution to international queer studies, sixteen people, spanning generations from pre-war to newly out young activists, tell their stories.
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In this important contribution to international queer studies, sixteen people, spanning generations from pre-war to newly out young activists, tell their stories. Michele McDonald Certainly any book where people so openly share their struggles in life for love, acceptance, and human rights and dignity as a minority is worth reading. Queer Japan is one such book. -- ForeWord Magazine
Preface1Introduction5A Lesbian in Hokkaido19A Bisexual Life37Ten Year's Worth of Experience46Who's a Lesbian? The Story of a Male-to-Female Transsexual52My Gay Life66One Since Birth71Hopes and Dreams77A Married Woman97Coming Out Affirms My Sensitivity108An Actor in Japanese Pink Films: An Interview with Koichi Imaizumi115Blessed as Homosexual128Tachi, Mother, Woman, The Many Faces of Love131A Young Woman's Story137One of Those People149Nora157Interview with Nakamura Yu163Out of the Silence175Lesbian=Woman184App. IThe Story of Women Who Love Women in Japan - A Survey of Japanese Lesbians188App. IIExcerpts from BiNet200App. IIIJapan's First Homosexual Discrimination Suit206
\ Michele McDonaldCertainly any book where people so openly share their struggles in life for love, acceptance, and human rights and dignity as a minority is worth reading. Queer Japan is one such book. -- ForeWord Magazine\ \
