LGBT culture in Tokyo

Tokyo has an LGBT community.

Most LGBT institutions in Tokyo are in Shinjuku Ni-chōme. As of 2010 there are about 300 gay bars in this community.

History

See also Kegamachaya (陰間茶屋)

For after World War II, The first gay bar opened in Shimbashi in 1945.[1] Its name was Yanagi (やなぎ).

In 1973 Tokyo's first onabe (masculine lesbian) bar opened in Roppongi. Its name was Kikōshi (貴公子 "young noble").[2]

After a youth recreation house in Fuchū began excluding LGBT members, the OCCUR (アカー akā) group began legal proceedings against it in 1990.[3]

In 2012 Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba announced that it would allow same-sex couples to hold weddings there.[4] The first LGBT couple to hold a wedding at Tokyo Disney Resort did so in 2013. The two women were unable to legally marry in Japan.[5]

Geography

Most LGBT institutions in Tokyo are in Shinjuku Ni-chōme.[6] As of 2010 there are about 300 gay bars in this community.[7]

Tokyo's gay scene is not limited to Ni-chōme. A number of other areas, such as Ueno, Asakusa, Shimbashi, and Ikebukuro, have conglomerations of gay bars, although none as dense as in Ni-chōme. Information about these bars, bookstores, sex shops, and cruising spots can be found in the Otoko-machi Map (Boy's Town Map), a country-wide guide to Japanese gay establishments, or in monthly gay magazines like G-men and Badi. Tokyo also has a great number of gay "circles" including LGBT sports teams, cultural groups, and religious groups.

The number of gay bars in 2013 (Lesbian bar not included)[8]

Reference：Doyama(Osaka)-154, Sakae(Nagoya)-63, Fukuoka-62, Namba(Osaka)-42, Noge(Yokohama)-37, Susukino(Sapporo)-32, Nagarekawa (Hiroshima)-30, Sakurazaka(Okinawa)-26, Shinsekai(Osaka)-25

The number of gay-related businesses: Bar, nightclub, host club, cruising box, sauna, gay book and video store, etc. (Lesbian bars not included)

Reference：Doyama(Osaka)-230, Fukuoka-91, Sakae(Nagoya)-82, Namba(Osaka)-60, Noge(Yokohama)-53, Susukino(Sapporo)-51, Nagarekawa(Hiroshima)-37, Sakurazaka(Okinawa)-36, Shinsekai(Osaka)-32

Institutions

Regumi (short for レズビアン組 Rezubian-gumi or "Lesbian group") is a lesbian group in Tokyo.[3] The use of the abbreviation regumi avoids using the word "lesbian" (レスビアン resubian or レズビアン rezubian) and the abbreviation rezu (レズ), which in Japanese is derogatory.[9]

The Tokyo Gay and Lesbian Deaf Rainbow Alliance,[10] or the Tokyo Lesbian and Gay Deaf Community (TLGDC), is in the city.[3] Taski Tade, who was a member of this group, conducted an interview that was translated into English.[11]

OCCUR has an English name that does not directly indicate that it is an LGBT group.[3]

Recreation

As of 2012 there are two gay pride parades in Tokyo: Tokyo Rainbow Pride (TRP) and Tokyo Pride.

In 1994 the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) began organizing the Tokyo Pride Parade, originally named the Tokyo Lesbian & Gay Parade (TL&GP); it was Japan's first gay pride parade. The event received its current name in 2007. The parade had a hiatus from 2008, ending in 2010. It had another hiatus in 2011.[12] In 2010 Antoni Slodowski of Reuters wrote that "Although the number of participants in the parade is on the rise, it is a small crowd in a city of 12.8 million people and the event is relatively small even by Asian standards."[13]

In May 2011 Tokyo Rainbow Pride was created. The organizers created it to ensure that a gay pride parade would be held in Tokyo in the event Tokyo Pride could not be held.[12] Akie Abe attended Tokyo Rainbow Pride in 2012.[14] Rainbow Pride is a part of Rainbow Week (東京レインボーウィーク Tōkyō Reinbōwīku).[15]

Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2017

Rainbow week of TRP 2017 is held from April 29 to May 7. Parade took place on 'May 7, 2017.[16] Free Tea Dance at Wall&Wall Omotesando. Event info at Tokyo Rainbow Pride website.[16]

Notable residents

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 「サービスの達人たち」（新潮文庫・旧タイトル「日本のおかま第一号」）及び新潮45-2005年9月号「三島由紀夫に長嶋茂雄…名物ゲイバー吉野のママが語る隠花植物的人性」、クレア1991年2月号「ゲイルネッサンス91」P87（文藝春秋）
  2. ↑ Valentine, p. 103.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Valentine, p. 104.
  4. ↑ "Disneyland champions gay rights in Japan Archived 2014-09-23 at WebCite" (Archive). Pink News. May 18, 2012. Retrieved on September 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Two lesbians become 1st gay couple to wed at Tokyo Disney Resort." Agence France Presse at The Straits Times. March 5, 2013. Retrieved on September 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ Rieber, Beth. Frommer's Tokyo. John Wiley & Sons, April 30, 2012. p. 269.
  7. ↑ "". Independent. February 7, 2010. Retrieved on March 16, 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Gclick
  9. ↑ Valentine, p. 104-105.
  10. ↑ Nakamura, Karen (Yale University). "Trans/Disability: Disability, Queer Sexualities, and Transsexuality from a Comparative Ethnographic Perspective Archived 2014-09-23 at WebCite" (トランス／ディサビリティー：比較人類学視点から見る現代の障害者運動、クイアーセクシュアリティ、と性同一性障害運動; Archive). University of Tokyo. p. 11 (11/18). Retrieved on September 24, 2014.
  11. ↑ Symons, Caroline. The Gay Games: A History (Routledge Critical Studies in Sport). Routledge, April 26, 2010. ISBN 1134027907, 9781134027903. p. 158.
  12. 1 2 Siguenza. "Tokyo gets double dose of gay pride for 2012" (Archive). The Japan Times. April 24, 2012. Retrieved on September 24, 2014.
  13. ↑ Slodowski, Antoni. "Japan's gay community parades for first time in 3 years" (Archive). Reuters. August 14, 2010. Retrieved on September 24, 2014.
  14. ↑ Garcia, Michelle. "Japan's First Lady Shines At Tokyo Pride." The Advocate. April 27, 2014. Retrieved on September 24, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Japan: Thousands march in Tokyo in support of LGBT rights Archived 2014-09-23 at WebCite" (Archive). Pink News. April 28, 2013. Retrieved on September 24, 2014.
  16. 1 2 http://tokyorainbowpride.com
  17. ↑ Nakagawa, Ulara. "Japan's lesbians still scared to come out Archived 2014-09-23 at WebCite" (Archive). CNN. November 19, 2010. Retrieved on September 24, 2014.

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