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Today marks ten years since Shibuya and Setagaya became Japan's first two municipalities recognizing the relationships of LGBTQ+ couples with local policies that would end up contributing to nationwide change.
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Emily
@writerofscratch
Editor @ Tokyo Review. Freelance journalist & translator. Researcher analysing Japanese LGBTQ+ politics. Volunteer lexicographer.
研究者。記者。編者。翻訳者。日蘭・蘭日辞書編集者。歌人。
- Now seems like a funny moment to point out that Quidditch is a mixed-sex full-contact sport.
- One day this will all fall apart. Emoji designs will change and the below tweet will no longer look like a heart on most devices rendering it. But right now, in this moment, the rainbow, dango, magic wand, boomerang, pencil, carrot, umbrella and crayon form a heart for us 🫶🌈🍡🪄🪃 ✏️ 🥕 🌂 🖍️
- yesterday I met a Japanese exchange student who told me she had met a Dutch student who studied at Waseda during last year's Tokyo Trans March. Unfortunately she forgot the person's name. She shows me a selfie she took with the person. IT'S LITERALLY ME. I WAS THE DUTCH STUDENT
- Beautiful traditional Japanese home decoration at my friend's place. You won't find authenticity like this at hotels, I'll tell you that.
- "idk man just come up with a Japanese restaurant name that grabs people's attention. something bold. something that serves cunt"ジャパニーズレストランでこの名前、言い訳のしようがないだろ
- I have great news for people who want to cancel Marie AntoinetteI'm going to explode
- Drummer Misaki Yoshikawa of the band Shishamo announces she has registered her relationship with a woman she's been dating for sometime. She writes "If, eventually, the day comes when we can get married, I'll be even happier!"ご報告です🌻(吉川)
- Interviewer: "Do you think the Netherlands should implement menstrual leave?" Kid: "Yeah, like a couple months or something like that"
- Peculiar, the way British "journalists" know how they/them pronouns work, the moment they're writing about a trans person who goes by he/him or she/her.
Teacher sacked for 'refusing to use transgender student's chosen pronouns' trib.al/aPiN5ZT - Replying to @writerofscratchThis goes for both the fictional sport from the Harry Potter series, and the real-life sport that changed its name to Quadball in 2022 to distance itself from JKR, btw.
- Japanese bookstore Tsutaya has a display dedicated to books relating to Palestine.
- Haru Nemuri, a Japanese singer and songwriter: “If you're genuinely worried about Japan's declining birth rate, I think you should probably write songs that go "please lower taxes" or "make tuition free" instead of "make sure to love one another".”本気で日本の出生率低下のこと心配してるなら「愛し合いなさい」じゃなくて「税金を下げなさい」とか「学費を無料にしなさい」とかで曲書いた方がいいと思う
- Replying to @SamuraiPizzaRobYeah, it's indeed that sport Harry Potter plays when he and Ron are not hanging out in the girls' bathroom.
