1. THE TRANSITION OF
JAPANESE GAY
CULTURE
AS INFLUENCED BY
WESTERN DISCOURSES
YUI AMITANI
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2. GAY TOLERANT CULTURE
IN THE TOKUGAWA ERA (1603-1868 )
Men in authority used the service and
brought a young boy to show their
power in public.
There were generous terms that described gay romance, such as "male colour (which is nanshoku in
Japanese)", and "the beautiful way ". However, after the Tokugawa period, gay behaviours became the
subjects of criticism, deemed as "bestial”…
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(Both of them are male)
3. PROGRESS OF JAPANESE GAY CULTURE
IN THE MODERN ERA
Togo Ken, a gay activist,
popularized Japanese queer
sexuality in the 1970s
Westernised LGBTQ movement emerged in the
1980s
Japan is gradually reclaiming gay acceptance through transgender celebrities' popularity
and western LGBTQ movements' impacts.
OCCUR: Japan Association for the
Lesbian and Gay Movement
International Lesbian and Gay Association
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4. INSIGHTS: THE WEST'S REACH ON
JAPANESE GAY CULTURE
Bio-power:
For the advancements of
modernization, the government
excluded gay people
The concepts of Foucault and homonormativity/homonationalism shed light on how
Japan's same-sex culture varies and excludes certain people, due to the westernisation.
Homonormativity/Homonationalism:
”The space of the queer is accessible only to those who have me
the state‘s definition of the human,“ which is ”gay but
healthy“ (Petrus, 2012).
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5. INSIGHTS: THE ACCEPTANCE OF
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
Transgender celebrities are popular with humorous intent, and their representations are numerous in the
Japanese entertainment media. Why exist there a discrepancy between the transgender celebrities'
acceptance and transgender citizens’?
Public participation capabilities along with economic power contribute to the
gaps between them, and the state excludes transgender citizens from the
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