Japan

One of Japan’s most recognized soccer players didn’t feel safe to come out until they were in America: “I had to explain to them what Japanese culture is like and why I felt the need to hide.”

One politician said that LGBTQ rights threaten “the preservation of the human race” as advocates push for protections before the Olympics.

Japan is the only G7 country that doesn’t treat LGBTQ couples equally with shameful laws that harm them instead.

Japan’s first permanent LGBTQ center is opening up ahead of next summer’s Olympics.

What do gay bars have to do with it?

Worldwide, people generally liked lesbians more than gay men.

The Tokyo judge presiding over the case found one government employee’s treatment by her employer, including asking her to ‘go back to being a man’, to be ‘lacking in validity’.

A caption on the woman’s photo read, “Unusual! A man who looks like a woman.” Ugh.

Multiple countries have warned travelers about the United State’s gun violence, and American voters aren’t happy about it either.

Saying positive things about LGBTQ people or holding a Pride parade is “excessive,” the Russian authoritarian claimed.