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29 Apr 2014

Japanese PM’s wife takes part in gay parade, supports equality rights

Japan’s first lady has not only taken part in the annual Tokyo gay parade but gone on to write about equality and anti-gay discrimination on her Facebook page.

Akie Abe wore a white suite and stood on a float with a drag queen, as some 3,000 participants marched through the upmarket Shibuya shopping district in the capital April 27, reports malaysia-chronicle.com.
“I want to help build a society where anyone can conduct happy, enriched lives without facing discrimination,” wrote the 51-year-old wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe  on her Facebook page.
Akie Abe, known in Japan for being  even more liberal than her husband who heads the Liberal Democratic Party led government, wrote on her Facebook page that she has been involved in the equality issue since joining a commission set up by UNAIDS and the Lancet medical journal last year.
“I had the pleasure of spending fun time filled with smiles. Thank you,” she wrote.
Japan has national holidays in late April and early May and is known as Golden Week. The LGBT makes use of this by festooning some streets in Tokyo with rainbow-colored flags and organizing  events to promote equality for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people.
Unlike traditional Japanese first ladies, Akie Abe is known to speak her mind freely that often resonated well with the public especially since some of her opinions are opposite to that of her husband.
She for example is skepticism about a trans-Pacific trade deal and nuclear power, something that her husband, known for his hawkish politics, supports.
She also passionately embraces Korean pop culture, publicly admiring Korean models and actors for their good looks, despite relations with South Korea being rather frosty under her husband.
Same-sex relations were legalized way back in 1880 in Japan and although Japanese culture does not have a history of hostility toward LGBT people, they nonetheless lack legal recognition and are often subjected to social discrimination.
Akie Abe wore a white suite and stood on a float with a drag queen, as some 3,000 participants marched through the upmarket Shibuya shopping district in the capital April 27, reports malaysia-chronicle.com.

“I want to help build a society where anyone can conduct happy, enriched lives without facing discrimination,” wrote the 51-year-old wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe  on her Facebook page.

Akie Abe, known in Japan for being  even more liberal than her husband who heads the Liberal Democratic Party led government, wrote on her Facebook page that she has been involved in the equality issue since joining a commission set up by UNAIDS and the Lancet medical journal last year.

“I had the pleasure of spending fun time filled with smiles. Thank you,” she wrote.

Japan has national holidays in late April and early May and is known as Golden Week. The LGBT makes use of this by festooning some streets in Tokyo with rainbow-colored flags and organizing  events to promote equality for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people.

Unlike traditional Japanese first ladies, Akie Abe is known to speak her mind freely that often resonated well with the public especially since some of her opinions are opposite to that of her husband.

She for example is skepticism about a trans-Pacific trade deal and nuclear power, something that her husband, known for his hawkish politics, supports.

She also passionately embraces Korean pop culture, publicly admiring Korean models and actors for their good looks, despite relations with South Korea being rather frosty under her husband.

Same-sex relations were legalized way back in 1880 in Japan and although Japanese culture does not have a history of hostility toward LGBT people, they nonetheless lack legal recognition and are often subjected to social discrimination.

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1. 2014-04-30 07:18  
A good story but I thought that Japan's "First Lady" would be the Empress Michiko, Empress Consort to Emperor Akihito who is recognised in the Constitution as the symbolic Head of State. Perhaps Japanese members here could comment.
回应#2於於2014-04-30 07:20被作者删除。
3. 2014-04-30 11:51  
“I want to help build a society where anyone can conduct happy, enriched lives without facing discrimination,” wrote the 51-year-old wife of Japanese Prime Minister.."

What a great Mentor and example to us all.
4. 2014-04-30 12:46  
That's great. Hopefully it will be happened the similar with all countries where have LGBT discrimination.
修改於2014-04-30 14:26:29
5. 2014-04-30 13:54  
1. Anti Gay law or Homophobia indicate Signals that the end of world is closer as it is parallel to increasing earth temperature.
2. This earth need to Rest for long years but what Prophet Noah/Nuh had done by creating flood to eliminate human was sinful and in darkness
3. LGBT should know characteristic of satan that want to be called God by creating Hate, Libel, Lie, murder, terrorism, etc.
4. Satan created pilgrim/jamee, they kneel, they pray to hate using/ calling the name of God as Coating. Because satan want people to blind.
They could call the House of Satan become House of God.
Remember that Satan often said/acted in reverse meaning.

5. So, you LGBT should always vigilant /keep in mind that when there were some people speech Kindness, it was Crime ( reverse meaning). When there were some people speech Holly, it was Unholly ( reverse meaning). When you saw people showing good image, it is something bad/lie (reverse meaning)
Because that is the character of satan that always make deception.

6. Forcing LGBT to change sexual orientation to straight is Extraordinary crime and it is against God that created adult LGBT sexual orientation.
7. They are Human being predator number one
8. Will United Nation punish such number one Human being predator? They should be The Number one International Fugitive
修改於2014-04-30 13:57:21
6. 2014-04-30 20:59  
Esperemos que todos los Japoneses de descendencia Japonesa puedan salir de una vez del closet y poder apoyar a la comunidad LGBT en japon de una manera mas directa, en lugar de estar en el armario.
7. 2014-05-01 22:12  
and Bottom4used blurts out more JIBBERISH...
please God - make him stop ! :)
8. 2014-05-04 14:55  
Akie Abe - Thank you!

@bottom4used - what??
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