Don’t leave ‘em alone, but don’t bother, either.
At Below the Belt, Someone (I’m sorry but I can’t find their name) posted an entry on class divisions and the invisible working-class in queer community. Granted, economic disparity within queer...
View ArticleBilly Elliot and Me
From September 8 to 12, I was in London. The flight connecting from Kuala Lumpur to Heathrow, London was delayed for a good 14 hours and me and another presenter, Sonja, were sent to a hotel by heavy...
View ArticleI Want To Drown
When I first got that name, “gay,” I felt jubilant. I accepted the name and told people that I was gay. Since I was also bisexual from time to time, I sometimes called myself a “part-time bisexual.” At...
View ArticleI don’t have the right to consume the misfortune of people in Japan
*This post was originally written as a response to a friend of mine’s Facebook post. Minor modifications have been made.* Japan tsunami and earthquake: 30 children sit silent in classroom after parents...
View ArticleFake (?) MLK Quote and Its Inappropriateness in the Context of Osama bin...
OLD POST! OLD POST! ORIGINALLY POSTED ONLINE MAY 3, 2011. The following quote has been and still is circulating rapidly on the Internet, even spreading beyond the English-language online communities....
View ArticleNew Group in Kanto, Japan: HinQ (Queers United to End Poverty, tentative name)
With the help of the people that responded to my invitation over Twitter, I have finalized the plan for the launch event for HinQ (Queers United to End Poverty), a local queer group in Northern Kanto,...
View ArticleQueer x Poverty: HinQ (Hinkon o nakusu tame no Kuia [Queer] no kai) launched...
As previously announced on this blog, a new queer group in Japan has been formed and officially launched on April 21, 2013 in Kuki city. The group’s name is Hinkon o nakusu tame no Kuia [Queer] no kai,...
View ArticleOriginal song “I Am Nobody” Second Version (Japanese)
Translation Locked myself in, alone in the closet Eyes full of fear, just waiting for the right time “It Gets Better,” say those who have come before me Magazines, TV shows, they all said the same...
View ArticleNew song! My anti-Olympics “Queers You Dare Not to Know”
Queers You Dare Not to Know by Masaki C. Lyrics Video Hangorin’s anti-Olympics statement is used in the video. Hangorin. “WE CALL FROM TOKYO TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSING THE 2020 OLYMPICS BID IN...
View ArticleThe Privilege To Say ‘I Don’t’
As I was going through the daily routine of browsing Facebook & Twitter, I found a NYT article, Gay Couples, Choosing to Say ‘I Don’t’, the title of which caught my eye, as I oppose the institution...
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Pass ENDA?
I found this animated GIF by glaad for the ENDA campaign. I added a few more slides to show the larger picture of the way that labor laws operate in the U.S. To read more about this issue, click here...
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Queer Dining Bar FAT CATS to Open in Gunma, Japan in June 2014!
As some of you already know, for the past 4 years I have been doing the Bar OccaMan project in Gunma, Japan with Eva, Cherry, and several other semi-permanent and occasional volunteers. The project is...
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New Tumblr Project: Rad-queers Speaking English For You
Ever felt sick of English-language LGBT journalism that, no matter how many times we radical queers around the world denounce it, continues to portray and represent queers in non-English-speaking...
View ArticleDon’t leave ‘em alone, but don’t bother, either.
At Below the Belt, Someone (I’m sorry but I can’t find their name) posted an entry on class divisions and the invisible working-class in queer community. Granted, economic disparity within queer...
View ArticleBilly Elliot and Me
From September 8 to 12, I was in London. The flight connecting from Kuala Lumpur to Heathrow, London was delayed for a good 14 hours and me and another presenter, Sonja, were sent to a hotel by heavy...
View ArticleI Want To Drown
When I first got that name, “gay,” I felt jubilant. I accepted the name and told people that I was gay. Since I was also bisexual from time to time, I sometimes called myself a “part-time bisexual.” At...
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New stuff on YouTube
Hello, people! I’ve been totally neglecting this blog for almost a year. And it wasn’t until today that I realized quite a few people are signed up for email subscription for this blog. So if you’re...
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You Know You Are LGBT When…
I made a 3-video mini vlog series on assumptions and questions LGBT people face, based off of the blog post that I wrote 2 years ago (only in Japanese). The post was quite well received, so I figured...
View ArticleMy Interview on Feminism, Queer Activism, and Representation in Japanese Pop...
Amelia Cook, Editor-in-chief at Anime Feminist, contacted me after I posted this video on YouTube. Amelia said she wanted to interview me for the AniFem website, and I agreed, part of the reason being...
View ArticleQueer voices in Japan are f**king diverse
In this vlog from 2 years and half ago, I talk about allyship, gay marriage/partnership, representation, and Western queer media——all relevant topics to this date. LGBT Japan, Western Media, and Gender...
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