I'm definitely straight and my parents were tradional but I myself couldn't care less if my kid would be straight, gay or anything in between or beyond. I know gay couples who raise their children with so much love and are amazing parents. Their kids are very happy and amazing too. ❤😊 Then again I live in a society that's accepting of that. I do agree however that probably for the first two generations it might be hard and rough having to push through, living in a conservative society but once that society becomes more accepting you'll see that these kids can live a happy and normal life. Good luck all. You can do it!! 🤗😙
Right? Heartbreaking. What really gets to me is that are about a thousand other reasons a kid could be bullied for, but they are never discussed the same way. Generally BEING adopted will suffice as a "reason" for a bully, but when it comes to straight people adopting, bullying is not a factor that is discussed; we all know very well that bullies will always think of an excuse when they need one. But when it comes to the LGBT community, our lives are dictated by bullies in every respect.
Yeah and it's a dumb reason not to have kids. If only one gay couple adopts of course it'd be seen as odd... But if there's more than one kid in a class whose parents are gay then I'd be seen as normal... That wait and see mentality Japanese people have it's actually detrimental to them. If you want things to change you have to do something about it!
Some people think this is one of the faults of being homosexual rather than the fault of society for condemning such relationships in the first place. If people were more accepting then the child wouldn't be bullied in the first place but because they're not accepting the children aren't either.
I wholeheartedly agree about the point where the gentleman said that there needs to be more people of influence coming out in Japanese society. It's a shame that the only LGBT people you see are often comedians or simply made fun of, but if a person of formidable influence came forward, I'm sure that would open a few eyes.
Mizuyah , can't remember her name, but there's a really famous trans enka singer. She is respected as a singer, but unfortunately, not as a woman. Every Kouhaku she was in white team (mens). They see her just a man with make-up (And sorry about my English, tell me if I wrote something wrong)
when he was talking about suicide rates at the end, it made me think a lot of sk. because you can't even come out to your friends there really, i feel like the combination of school stress and knowing that no matter how hard you work you'll never fit in with society probably causes a lot of suicides there. :(
Our local Methodist church leadership has taken the stance that non straight worshipers are welcome. One of our youth minister made a speech saying such I think to avoid having teenagers commit suicide when the community was still not open. The national church may still ban hiring openly gay people in paid positions but they can volunteer though. It kind of sucks though because it means members ended up doing important professional time consuming volunteer jobs without compensation. When one of a ministers stood up and told us that his brother was gay and he had been in a partnership for 30 and that it had lasted longer than some straight relationship I think we had some people leave the church but that was probably about 7 years ago.
agree.. moreover when thinking about japan are famous for the suicide forest ... a lots think that they commit because of stress from work , study .. economy problems etc.. but not many say something about them commit suicide due to stress about unable to love someone because that love are considered not normal and look down upon
Ive shot interviews like this. There comes a point where you feel yourself drifting, and you feel like the frame isn't perfect, like you're showing too much dead space on the left or right. Sometimes you get distracted by the background and want to make sure that the context of the background makes sense. I can see that he almost panned off of the kids but then realized the frame wouldn't look quite right with the kids just sort of peaking into the frame. This is why I prefer a tripod.
I really surprised at the first time that japanese people are so positive about LGBT society. Because I heard that women's right is not that high in Japan. Compare to japan, women's right is more higher than LGBT rights in korea.(I'm korean.) And I feel envy and sadness. Because Korea has soooo low LGBT rights. I recently even heard that korean high school teacher outing her students(two of them) in front of hole class and girls are suicide together. It was so sad to read that news and I cried. Korea still thinks LGBT culture is kind of 'underground things'. People don't tends to talk about this kind of issues. I''m not part of LGBT but feel really sorry that they don't have this kind of open society. Because I have friends which is gay or trans and I know they are not 'few' or 'rare' people that define as 'weird'. So I truly want korea to be more positive and open to them. Younger generation in korea(like me) is more open to them(compare to older people). So I hope this could change the future.💕
one difference about Korean and Japan, South Korean is almost 30% christian and Japan only 2%. that influence of western religon agains LGBT make more difficult to Korean accept.
Europe, Both America north and south, Australia are mostly christian and support lgbt. Christian is not problem if it isn`t fanatic version ;) In Japan is Shinto and this religion still (after 2 war world) has connect with nationalism and conservatism this is reason why women can`t be emperor. For Shinto emperor is scion`s of god. So LDP never won`t be support women or lgbt, and even if only for advantage.
They asked those questions to LGBT people in their very own assembly..so you think you will get negative answer about LGBT from LGBT people?? Of course not! Lmao
Yeah, but look, it's bad because basicly they say "this socienty is so wrong, pearents teach kids to hate" Like, when I was a child, lot of my classmatess hate one girl for beging chubby and wear a glasses. But I don't hated her. Why? Because my parents always told me "Don't be rude to others Žanetka (my name) just because they're diferent, everyone is special and just because they don't look same as others dose't mean they're bad." And wow, it work...
No... The only LGBT I respect are the ones who don't want child, at least they care about the child and the growth of mankind, and not think only for themselves...
@@sythe5218Why should society change towards a direction that puts our own species survival at risk? Once again, I don't have anything against lgbt, they born in the wrong side of nature, I feel sorry if society hurt them, it's not their fault, I get it... but don't bring an innocent child into this destined misery, unless if the child is also lgbt... am I really wrong??
I have a feeling it's because the gay ladies were more afraid of the consequences of being seen in the event or in an interview online. They're just not ready to come out to the world, which is understandable. Women's rights in Japan, even for the straight women, is still rather behind.
With the recent (and annual) controversy with the Queer Parade in Seoul (permission from the city, religious protesters, etc.) and LGBT rights/discrimination in Korea....Asian Boss should definitely hit the streets of Seoul to see how Koreans weigh in.
my guess is that they weren’t comfortable being open with the fact they were lgbtq+ on camera, all women in general are still fighting for rights and equality in japan
Yeah American pride events have become a lot less political and fighting for rights and instead its kind of just been taken over by companies to take money.
@S C Drag queens and gay men at pride parades literally walk around in the most sexual, revealing clothing and ive seen them wave around flags with butt plugs. not homophobia, its the truth.
I don't want to read any of the comments here because they'll probably kill my buzz about this great video. Thank you for making it and to the interviewees for being proud to participate :)
it's saddening to see the East fell for Western homophobia. Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese were once quite liberal in this aspect. Homosexuality was the norm in ancient Japan. There were even records of Samurai having relationships with their disciples. and then Westernization came...
Sorry but homosexuality is never accepted in East Asia throughout history, there are stories about it but they are the special minority, in general society, people tends to look down upon LGBT people as 'unnatural' and the opposite side of the confucious idea.
Confucian idea didn't influence medieval Japan that much compared to Korea, China, or Vietnam. It was actually norm or at least deemed some kind of refined taste among the upper class. There is a travel essay written by a Korean who visited Edo Japan, and The writer was really shocked to see homosexual activity is so much prevalent in the country. Even in dynastic China homosexuality wasn't something evil as it was in medieval Christian or Muslim society. They had their own erotic literature and drama about homosexuality. And You can't overlook the fact that there are so much records about homosexual relationship between some Emperors and their partners. In Ming and Qing era, sex between men was even a trend, although it was normally in the form of pederastic prostitution.
Tim Tran yeah, the bad big West. it's not like Religion and Tradition are the biggest contributors to homophobia. look at Russia and Africa: homophobic and not really influenced by West anymore. only Religion and Trads
or...if you actually do research on it, yes, homosexuality was accepted, albeit at a patriarchal scale. Men could be gay, but women could not. Confucius idea never said gay was unnatural. As long as the man had children, he could have affairs outside, with men or women. Of course that's not a good thing, but homosexuality was still there and regarded as normal.
Japan actually had very liberal attitudes towards homosexuality prior to the Meiji Restoration. During the Meiji Restoration, Emperor Meiji adopted a Victorian sense of morality by cracking down on homosexuality, shared baths, uncensored pornography, etc. to avoid being labeled as "uncivilized perverts" by the Puritan West and being labeled as a potential target for colonization. Victorian values have been so deeply engrained into Japanese culture that many aren't even aware of this anymore and blindly follow it. Right-wing, nationalist politicians who claim to be defending Japanese culture are actually inadvertently doing the opposite by defending such Victorian values.
I can see that, but I found it interesting that in BOTH videos, the gay perspective and the straight perspective, there were people who were more concerned with the KIDS being bullies towards the other children of gay parents. Over and over again I am finding this with varying situations. Seems like adolescent bullying is the real problem over there.
@@は私です彼の名前 I never felt I related to my peers in middle school and the majority of my high school. I didn't get bullied too badly, but kids can be monsters, as they try to assert their own identity and status. It's a primitive psychology kind of thing, relating to our brains still developing. I don't envy gen-z schoolkids with the magnifying effect of social media
Your comment is so true. This was one of the things I learned in Japanese history. I remember there was a lecture on women's domestic bookkeeping which straight came from Victorian England, yet a few decades later, it was considered fully Japanese.
37thraven the thing with yuri/yaoi is it is mostly written from non lgbt people and serves either as fetishization of gay people or it is a way for straight people to explore settings that they feel they can't do with a straight couple setting
I don't see any homophobic comments at all, unless they have been deleted? There's just a ton of comments on the dude with silver hair and how attractive he is. LOL
@@szilveszterforgo8776 This is a very complicated thing to analyze. Neo-Marxists are ruining the western countries and majority of LGBT community is part of it. I don't think LGBT is necessarily the problem though. It is the ethos of western civilization that allowed this religion like belief system called the Neo-Marxism to come about. Our ethos was always very liberal, that is to say there wasn't much 'pressure'(for lack of a better word) from the society to go with the norm. As a result people had more freedom to build their own values(when they lost faith) which it turns out people are very bad at it. Hence, we get these lunatics like Antifa. Japanese ethos is very different. The society have more share in building a person's values. Considering the value system of Japan existed for hundreds of years(if not thousands) and that Japan is one of the best countries in the world we can say that it is more likely to be better than a value system that a person can create by themselves. Therefore, people in Japan are less likely to fall into moral relativism. The observation supports this thesis as they are doing much better in *social* issues than the west. Because of that I think and hope that LGBT won't ruin Japan. This video too supports my view, as people are at least acknowledging and appreciating that things are getting better in Japan. We don't see that from Neo-Marxists in the West. They can't even acknowledge or appreciate that capitalism, while not being perfect, is producing brilliant results.
How do you guys find such insightful and intelligent people to interview? They don't even complain about their situation, they just find ways to deal with it and hope for a better future. It's kind of sad and inspiring at the same time.
Thora Dali we straight people take a lot of things for granted.... LGBT people are just so happy and grateful of every little bit of recognition they can get that makes me want to give a hug to all of them!!
Can you please ask South Koreans about their perceptions of mental illness and how they view it or how they think it affects people. you could also ask them what they think about the famous actor Gong Yoo opening up about his struggle with depression!
I live in Mexico City, I was born here. And it’s really interesting to see that in Japan people get worried about how the kid will be treated instead of being worried about the fact that the parents will be part of the LGBT community. I think that’s awesome.
I'm definitely straight and my parents were tradional but I myself couldn't care less if my kid would be straight, gay or anything in between or beyond. I know gay couples who raise their children with so much love and are amazing parents. Their kids are very happy and amazing too. ❤😊 Then again I live in a society that's accepting of that. I do agree however that probably for the first two generations it might be hard and rough having to push through, living in a conservative society but once that society becomes more accepting you'll see that these kids can live a happy and normal life. Good luck all. You can do it!! 🤗😙
I never really thought about why women tend to be more accepting and understanding until the older guy with the shirt talked about it. Very insightful video. Kudos to you for your work.
I'm very happy to hear the LGBT is becoming more accepting in Japan. I wish the best to all those people from the LGBT community. I hope Japan legalize Same-Sex marriage and teach young people about LGBT.
It might be far off for all of Japan to legalize same-sex marriage, but there are places in Japan that allow it. Like there's one district in Tokyo, and the city of Sapporo. I feel like in Japan it might happen city by city.
Oh guys come on relax. We should let people be. If haters wanna hate then let them be we just need to calm down and ignore the bad comments people have.
Nowadays, Japan has an issue about decreasing number of marriage and fertility. If this community would be approved legally by the government and mainstream society, I'm not sure it couldn't be good for the system of Japan's economic development for the future
This was a great video. It was interesting to hear the thoughts of the LGBT community in Japan on these issues. The comments on the video are disturbing though. So many homophobic people...
Yes we are getting more and more open to LGBTs. A friend of my brother is a gay, which he revealed when he was in high school and was warmly accepted by classmates. I heard that he was allowed to change wearings in girl’s dressing room.
ネコw35 that’s because he likes boys...in other words, he is same as other girls in the class in terms of their sexual orientation (but for LGBTs among girls). Girls do not change wearing in boy’s dressing rooms, doesn’t they
You guys, please do a reasearch towards the LGBT+ Community in Indonesia. They're treated so badly in this society, due to the religous extremist population in here. Many of people who are in the part of the LGBT Community are hiding themselves because they're scared to get their parents disowned them, to lost their job, or even getting bullied. All I can say, Indonesia are the worst when it comes for LGBT Issue. You guys please please please support us, the LGBT Community to expose all the homophobic acts in Indonesia!
It's still really hard to accepting LGBT in Indonesia, when even the government still thinking that LGBT is not normal and is not a part of human rights.. Is kinda sad and devastated to see how many homophobic in Indonesia. I'm consider my self as hetero and indonesian. But I accept LGBT.. I think to make indonesian people more accept and open with LGBT. We should take non-direct and with multi approaching way . You know... When people phobia about something it will never be good way to give them the "object" of their fear in front of them.. The instinct will tell them to kick them away, or running from it... So i guess... We can't do that... I think, to make them change their mind..should be started from younger generation.. And the system of education should teach them about emphaty, respect others, talk about human rights..and should give these kids critical thinking skill.. Now a day, our kids growth as smart kids with lack attitude.. But you know, i know some of my friends who accept LGBT as well.. So there is a hope ;) Cemunguutt
I'm so sorry to hear that. Is there anything we could do? There's only so little people on the internet can do to help, but if you have any ideas, I'm sure a lot of us, myself included, would be interested hearing!
Abdel, what you're describing is a fictive situation, not reality. How has LGBT been proved to destroy humanity? In no way. The world is overpopulated and continues to be so. Abandoned children live without parents, and you homophobes keep keeping those children without parents, when there would be countless of LGBT couples who could provide a happy, loving family, but your ignorant, hateful views are more important to you than lives of children. I think the last thing you should apologize is your english. First and foremost, it would be your hatred and ignorence. Your religion is not everyone's. Your God doesn't exist for everyone. Who should have the right to happily exist should not be up to YOUR beliefs. (Also, you're funny if you think gay people can't make children anymore, because they're gay. Their bodies very well still function the same way straight people's. But even if that was the case, we could do the same cruel thing to straight couples that just cannot have children. Or who don't want children. Repent them too because they can't reproduce, wouldn't that only be fair? Cruel, hateful, unnecessary and inhumane, but fair! ;) ) Repent people like you.
Thank you so much for uploading videos like that. The world really needs too know more about things like that. This is good as it spreads awareness and educates more people. Very informative and educational. Keep up the good work!
i strongly suggest trying the same topic at s. korea. bc i think koreans are more conservative (personally i dont think this issue should be considered conservative or progressive)than other countries.
I'm a gay Iranian boy and this video right now made my day 🥲... In iran LGBT rights is fuckin low... And i hope one day i could do things bringing more awareness towards LGBT community.
Really fantastic video with a broad range of views and opinions. Please continue doing great things on your channel talking about such issues. RUclips seems to be the new platform to reach people on a global level and taking full advantage of that to educate people is a must.
The fact that they say no because of how could others threat their kids broke my heart... I really wish the japanese society changes and accept the fact that LOVE IS LOVE (I'm straight btw)
Fantastic conversation. The people you spoke to were brave and willing to share their point of view. I hope the LGBTQ+ community get more exposure and can live their lives in peace and happiness.
Glad to know that is is slowly getting more accepting in Japan, I'm happy for the LGBTQ community there :) I have been lucky to have been born in The Netherlands. If I remember correctly, my country was the very first who accepted same-sex marriage. It is very well received overall here and I up till now have never encountered problems with me being bi :)
I think it's okay if you don't support LGBT as long as you don't hurt/discriminate them. Treat them as equals. You cannot force your opinion on people so it's better to appreciate them in a way somehow.
gabriella joyce "you cannot force your opinion." Just saying, this isn't against you but against that phrase. If you can't force your opinion, then why do gay people keep telling other people "oh it's fine to be gay" as they subtlety push them towards the LGBT line? If the gay people would stop saying "oh it's fine" and actually listen to a person if they aren't sure if they're gay then we're fine.
ThatOneScarecrow What on earth are you talking about? Could you specify a little? Because right now it sounds like you're asking, "Why do gay people tell other gay people that there's nothing wrong with being gay?", which... isn't a hard nut to crack.
Yoarashi I don't know exactly what ThatOneScarecrow means either but I dislike it too that the LGBT once allowed seem to be really proud of their..state and seem to try to get others to be like one of them too. I've had friends who only became gay because they..idolized gay people (which on average in my country means: confident, friendly, party-goer, basically upbeat things). Although I respect them for their sexual orientation I just cannot allow them to spread it around.
you're a bunch of idiots. gay people existing don't hurt you in anyway. we literally just want to be able to live a normal life without being oppressed. if you don't support lgbt people, fine heres what you do. "oh you're gay? cool . it conflicts with my personal beliefs but i still respect you as a person"
Marsy what about this proud LGBT guy in my classroom that keeps on moaning every now and then? What about when you stroll in town and a gay whistles? (like a man to a woman he finds hot) By being in the middle section they get more rights in some aspect and less in others, don't call us names unless you can speak for every LGBT on Earth.
As I was watching this episode, it made me wanna be involved! If there is anything I can do to help people like me who r feeling minority in the society, we should all raise our voices to be heard. The louder we become, the more chances for other to hear, the more any issue becomes, “normal.” Then it will become nonissue.
when i was in japan for a school trip i was feeling really down because i was really dysphoric and i was being forced to wear a dress and being called cute all the time and i felt kind of scared all the time for being trans (and i was like dont stare at any cute girls you dont want to freak them out) and then i was standing outside the toilet's in a ドン・キホーテ i saw photos on the wall from a pride event and i felt so much better. Obviously my dysphoria wasn't changed, i still had to wear the dress but seeing them so plainly in a shop made me feel so much happier.
I’m a Filipino and I’ve been working here in japan. In the first month of my job I told everyone that I’m gay. My boss accepted it and said it’s ok but some of my coworkers even though they don’t bully me , I feel they kinda distanced themselves from me, I feel I’m being left out,. I’m hoping that someday they can open there minds on lgbt things...
Watching this in 2019. With the popularity of the “What did you eat yesterday?” series in Japan, could you do another interview about this subject and see how much the opinion of mainstream Japanese has changed (or not)?
Lots of people in my country(Ethiopia) tend not to talk about Lgbt issues just like the Japanese society. But then the Japanese r more aware and knowledgeable about these things which made them more open minded where as in my country many people illiterate and ignorant which led them to be horribly homophobic
Even if it has been almost 4 year since this, I never knew it was different around the world. I always thought it was the same everywhere so I'm really I stumbled across this and got to educate myself further.
Hey, Thanks for making insightful videos about Japan and around the world. I am watching these videos to improve my Japanese listening and also speaking. I was wondering if it will be feasible for you guys to have Japanese subtitles as well in videos.
I am so happy because I can hear another opinion about the diversity in other half of globe. Thanks for you, the produter of contents the diversity in this big world that we Don't know so clearly.
Haha that's almost the same everywhere. Too much love blinds you from accepting a few things. For example, parents have a clash of opinions with their children almost all the time. But since they love each other so much, atleast one of them backs down or starts to hide things that might anger the other. That's how it is here I guess
@@nithyasreesathyanarayanan5611 im not gay and I am sure it's not the same everywhere else. Im thai and i don't care if my children will be gay or not. why would a parent care about that? we are not going to sleep in the same bed with them. they can go sleep with whoever they what it's none of my business. i don't really understand some people actually. if they worry about grandchildren, think about it. nowadays most people don't wanna have kids. my sister is over 30+ years old and she doesn't wanna have kids. all my female friends at work and also my boss doesn't have kids. so, even though you are not gay it doesn't mean you are going to have kids anyway. actually, i really have no idea why some people are really against gay and i think i will never know.
@@GaryGolf Yes even I don't know why people have anything against being gay. I'm perfectly fine with them and I hope they find love like straight people do. I'm just stating the fact the most traditional people don't accept them as normal and think they have some kind of illness. But it's not true. It's just that they love differently. And yes, most people are refusing to have kids nowadays so that should not be used as a excuse against gay people. It's stupid that people are so close minded.
I think the main problem is, the lack of knowledge about the LGBT people... Society thinks they are doing something wrong. As an example, I Talked about LGBT community with my younger sisters. For my surprise, they were more open than I thought. Anyway, they didn't know much about the LGBT community. I told them how they suffer and what happens to them if the society doesn't accept them. and they started to understand and became more supportive of LGBT. the same thing happened with my cousin sister. She was not accepting of them and took trans people as a joke, and I explained all the sufferings and what their life is like, and she started to feel sorry about them and she became a supporter. And I did the same thing for a friend who didn't accept the LGBT community. He started to become more open and accepting of them. All of these people are good Catholics, so I started with what our religion is really about. When you want to tell someone that you're a member of LGBT community or you're a supporter of them or if you want to change their views about them, first make a good impression about yourself in front of them. Then start with a decent topic with a calm tone, and start talking about how people suffer and suicide because of different things. Then you can slowly start talking about how society's negative opinions about LGBT affect them. Don't ask me whether I'm gay, I'm 24 and I still don't know my sexual orientation xD
One question I think would have been interesting to ask would have been about the influence of bl mangas and stuff on the community and how the people felt about it, whether they thought it was offensive or not
Stephanie Ann I think Yaoi is something bad, but I haven't read any BL so I can't really talk about that. But the message I get from yaoi is "Two boys can have a sexual relationship but Can't love each other in a Romantic way" well but that's just my opinion
Some of them didn't want to have a child because they would probably get bullied. That's sad :( We should accept everyone regardless of their family composition, that should be teached on schools and homes, because sometimes kids can be really rude and cruel with their own classmates
I feel like we've already seen a lot of 'LGBT in Japan', 'How Japanese people see LGBT' type of videos on RUclips so it's really refreshing to see a lengthy video of interviews from the viewpoint of actual Japanese LGBT people where they can speak for themselves about their own experiences. Thanks, Asian Boss.
It was interesting to watch, but I was curious if lesbian experience is different from male gays and what they think and you have not interviewed them~
That guy in the white shirt had such a nice voice and was really eloquent while talking. It’d be nice to hear his voice like on the TV or on the radio.
It's really sad to hear that to be LGBT in Japan is that hard you can't even get a promotion... I wish the situation keeps improving. Strength to keep fighting for our rights in every country!
This Japanese man 1:30 with his gray suit is very hot and handsome with his white and black hair amazing? I'm drooling I love Japanese men that include bears, fits, bodybuilders and daddys! 🔥🔥🔥
Can't say I'm massive into daddies (I found a lot of older gay men where I'm from tend to be far less affectionate, regardless of how much they love their partners)... But I got to admit, that guy is damn handsome. Sharp dresser too, so that might be it because I have a weakness for that.
So generally ppl say they are not discriminating but accepting but in truth most ppl try to act as if homosexuality did not exist in their surroundings and is something extremely rare and strange.
Their words are full of wisdom which we can't deny came from their experiences and observations. These are quite painful to hear but sadly the reality...and currently the LGBTQ are experiencing up until now.
I'm so happy that Japan is slowly getting more accepting of us lgbtq+ and that it's getting better. Although when will it be allow for gay people to marry in Japan? It really feels like they should be allowed to, due to how lgbtq+ friendly they've become.
In Melbourne we have a sex Ed class, and they told us all about the different sexual orientations, and a lgbtq activist from America ( I forgot her name ) came to our school to explain what it's like to be young and confused. I couldn't personally relate but it was interesting and I respect people in the community. Australia is lgbt friendly! So we welcome you!
This was amazingly insightful! I love their perspectives on these topics like how that guy said why women are more receptive for coming out, that was right on point. I was more intrigued tbh in the LGBT's perspective than the straight perspective basically because they don't know shit lol. Thank you sm for this!
I really wish america would also start teaching its students about LGBT+ people, even if it JUST starts out with them teaching students about same sex couples, I feel like it would be a remarkable improvement. Also I would like to say that we are definitely progressing fast, we have gay characters in cartoons, people no longer say "thats gay" as an insult, and we've legalized gay marriage, so we're definitely heading in the right direction!
From my own personal experience, I think the LGBT community of Japan needs to be accepting of gays from all around the world. When I was in Japan last year it was hard enough being a foreigner, but even more difficult to talk to gay locals. Acceptance should be for EVERYONE
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What about the LGBTQ?
I'm definitely straight and my parents were tradional but I myself couldn't care less if my kid would be straight, gay or anything in between or beyond. I know gay couples who raise their children with so much love and are amazing parents. Their kids are very happy and amazing too. ❤😊
Then again I live in a society that's accepting of that. I do agree however that probably for the first two generations it might be hard and rough having to push through, living in a conservative society but once that society becomes more accepting you'll see that these kids can live a happy and normal life. Good luck all. You can do it!! 🤗😙
The saddest thing is that the main reason they didn't want to adopt kids was because they were afraid it would be bullied. :/
Right? Heartbreaking. What really gets to me is that are about a thousand other reasons a kid could be bullied for, but they are never discussed the same way. Generally BEING adopted will suffice as a "reason" for a bully, but when it comes to straight people adopting, bullying is not a factor that is discussed; we all know very well that bullies will always think of an excuse when they need one. But when it comes to the LGBT community, our lives are dictated by bullies in every respect.
Yeah and it's a dumb reason not to have kids. If only one gay couple adopts of course it'd be seen as odd... But if there's more than one kid in a class whose parents are gay then I'd be seen as normal... That wait and see mentality Japanese people have it's actually detrimental to them. If you want things to change you have to do something about it!
Some people think this is one of the faults of being homosexual rather than the fault of society for condemning such relationships in the first place. If people were more accepting then the child wouldn't be bullied in the first place but because they're not accepting the children aren't either.
To be fair. East asia has a high percentage of school bullying.
and that's true.. our society for u
I wholeheartedly agree about the point where the gentleman said that there needs to be more people of influence coming out in Japanese society. It's a shame that the only LGBT people you see are often comedians or simply made fun of, but if a person of formidable influence came forward, I'm sure that would open a few eyes.
Mizuyah , can't remember her name, but there's a really famous trans enka singer. She is respected as a singer, but unfortunately, not as a woman.
Every Kouhaku she was in white team (mens). They see her just a man with make-up
(And sorry about my English, tell me if I wrote something wrong)
@@warror9559 wsh arrête de raconter n'importe quoi, tu me fais honte
when he was talking about suicide rates at the end, it made me think a lot of sk. because you can't even come out to your friends there really, i feel like the combination of school stress and knowing that no matter how hard you work you'll never fit in with society probably causes a lot of suicides there. :(
JellyfishGroupStan :(
Our local Methodist church leadership has taken the stance that non straight worshipers are welcome. One of our youth minister made a speech saying such I think to avoid having teenagers commit suicide when the community was still not open. The national church may still ban hiring openly gay people in paid positions but they can volunteer though. It kind of sucks though because it means members ended up doing important professional time consuming volunteer jobs without compensation. When one of a ministers stood up and told us that his brother was gay and he had been in a partnership for 30 and that it had lasted longer than some straight relationship I think we had some people leave the church but that was probably about 7 years ago.
Let hateful people leave churches that pray love, it's their own problem they can't practise what they (wanted to hear) preached.
Yes I agree, It really hit me when he mentioned Suicide! I've never sat and thought about that side of it until now! :(
agree.. moreover when thinking about japan are famous for the suicide forest ... a lots think that they commit because of stress from work , study .. economy problems etc.. but not many say something about them commit suicide due to stress about unable to love someone because that love are considered not normal and look down upon
also, I love the fact that 40% of the comments are about the man with the silver suit
I kept thinking..wow he's hot. Bet everyone will comment on it😂😂
Haha true, and the silver fox was busy checking out the interviewer.
The suit does suit him tho
honestly tho like i thought i'd be the only one lmaoo
At 3:40~ that camera man was really interested in what those two kids were doing lol
lol
David Belhu Music I just noticed that oml 😂😂😂😂
well I was too 0_0
Me at school😂😂😂
Ive shot interviews like this. There comes a point where you feel yourself drifting, and you feel like the frame isn't perfect, like you're showing too much dead space on the left or right. Sometimes you get distracted by the background and want to make sure that the context of the background makes sense. I can see that he almost panned off of the kids but then realized the frame wouldn't look quite right with the kids just sort of peaking into the frame. This is why I prefer a tripod.
I really surprised at the first time that japanese people are so positive about LGBT society. Because I heard that women's right is not that high in Japan. Compare to japan, women's right is more higher than LGBT rights in korea.(I'm korean.) And I feel envy and sadness. Because Korea has soooo low LGBT rights. I recently even heard that korean high school teacher outing her students(two of them) in front of hole class and girls are suicide together. It was so sad to read that news and I cried. Korea still thinks LGBT culture is kind of 'underground things'. People don't tends to talk about this kind of issues. I''m not part of LGBT but feel really sorry that they don't have this kind of open society. Because I have friends which is gay or trans and I know they are not 'few' or 'rare' people that define as 'weird'. So I truly want korea to be more positive and open to them. Younger generation in korea(like me) is more open to them(compare to older people). So I hope this could change the future.💕
one difference about Korean and Japan, South Korean is almost 30% christian and Japan only 2%.
that influence of western religon agains LGBT make more difficult to Korean accept.
Europe, Both America north and south, Australia are mostly christian and support lgbt. Christian is not problem if it isn`t fanatic version ;) In Japan is Shinto and this religion still (after 2 war world) has connect with nationalism and conservatism this is reason why women can`t be emperor. For Shinto emperor is scion`s of god. So LDP never won`t be support women or lgbt, and even if only for advantage.
This is why i feel so saffocated
They asked those questions to LGBT people in their very own assembly..so you think you will get negative answer about LGBT from LGBT people?? Of course not! Lmao
Liteyo Vlastkoe this is part 2 of the same video where part 1 spoke with ordinary non-LGBT Japanese people, including older generations.
"I dont want child, because s/he may gets bullied."
This is something soooooo wrong omg... 😭💔
Lina Girl any child can get bullied regardless of parents
Yeah, but look, it's bad because basicly they say "this socienty is so wrong, pearents teach kids to hate"
Like, when I was a child, lot of my classmatess hate one girl for beging chubby and wear a glasses. But I don't hated her. Why? Because my parents always told me "Don't be rude to others Žanetka (my name) just because they're diferent, everyone is special and just because they don't look same as others dose't mean they're bad." And wow, it work...
No... The only LGBT I respect are the ones who don't want child, at least they care about the child and the growth of mankind, and not think only for themselves...
@@gene3497 its not the lgbt parents fault its the society that need to change
@@sythe5218Why should society change towards a direction that puts our own species survival at risk? Once again, I don't have anything against lgbt, they born in the wrong side of nature, I feel sorry if society hurt them, it's not their fault, I get it... but don't bring an innocent child into this destined misery, unless if the child is also lgbt... am I really wrong??
That silver daddy in a suit though... Can't stop drooling
Wot
Kyoukichi He was good looking wasn't he?! Really refined.
Kyoukichi ya
It's Japanese Patrick Stewart.
DarthBane you're right!!!
Ah.. I would have liked to hear from more gay women. :(
I have a feeling it's because the gay ladies were more afraid of the consequences of being seen in the event or in an interview online. They're just not ready to come out to the world, which is understandable. Women's rights in Japan, even for the straight women, is still rather behind.
@@lalakuma9 Very true. I went to tokyo last year and I noticed many many differences in how women were treated compared to men
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@@aWERFRGT6545BGFG like? Can you elaborate please
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Asian Boss love your videos Asian Boss!
With the recent (and annual) controversy with the Queer Parade in Seoul (permission from the city, religious protesters, etc.) and LGBT rights/discrimination in Korea....Asian Boss should definitely hit the streets of Seoul to see how Koreans weigh in.
Asian Boss you are Low- Kei cute. lol also really hope you bring her back for Indian content please please dooo.
Ask random people..dont ask about LGBT to LGBT people in their very own assembly..lol
Great video. I just wish you got the perspective of more women.
my guess is that they weren’t comfortable being open with the fact they were lgbtq+ on camera, all women in general are still fighting for rights and equality in japan
@@maisiekxng _Or may be they're just shy_
Yees me too they could just have blurred their faces and changed the voice if they did not wnt to be seen in the interview
1:34
The Japanese Pride event seems a lot more chill and family friendly than the crazy hyper-sexual ones in the US
Yeah American pride events have become a lot less political and fighting for rights and instead its kind of just been taken over by companies to take money.
That’s more just US society lmao
@S C what do you mean?
Lalo Pérez he's a low key guy
@S C Drag queens and gay men at pride parades literally walk around in the most sexual, revealing clothing and ive seen them wave around flags with butt plugs. not homophobia, its the truth.
I don't want to read any of the comments here because they'll probably kill my buzz about this great video. Thank you for making it and to the interviewees for being proud to participate :)
Tūkiteao Kerei I know, right? Awesome video!
Most comments are just drooling over the guy in the gray suit.
Understandably.
"they understand what it's like to be in love with a man"
I never thought of it that way before, that makes a hell of a lot of sense.
there's also the fact that women also face a lot of oppression, so they can somewhat relate to our struggles as well.
it's saddening to see the East fell for Western homophobia. Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese were once quite liberal in this aspect. Homosexuality was the norm in ancient Japan. There were even records of Samurai having relationships with their disciples. and then Westernization came...
Sorry but homosexuality is never accepted in East Asia throughout history, there are stories about it but they are the special minority, in general society, people tends to look down upon LGBT people as 'unnatural' and the opposite side of the confucious idea.
Confucian idea didn't influence medieval Japan that much compared to Korea, China, or Vietnam. It was actually norm or at least deemed some kind of refined taste among the upper class.
There is a travel essay written by a Korean who visited Edo Japan, and The writer was really shocked to see homosexual activity is so much prevalent in the country.
Even in dynastic China homosexuality wasn't something evil as it was in medieval Christian or Muslim society. They had their own erotic literature and drama about homosexuality. And You can't overlook the fact that there are so much records about homosexual relationship between some Emperors and their partners. In Ming and Qing era, sex between men was even a trend, although it was normally in the form of pederastic prostitution.
Tim Tran yeah, the bad big West. it's not like Religion and Tradition are the biggest contributors to homophobia. look at Russia and Africa: homophobic and not really influenced by West anymore. only Religion and Trads
or...if you actually do research on it, yes, homosexuality was accepted, albeit at a patriarchal scale. Men could be gay, but women could not. Confucius idea never said gay was unnatural. As long as the man had children, he could have affairs outside, with men or women. Of course that's not a good thing, but homosexuality was still there and regarded as normal.
If that's the only vocabulary you have, the underdeveloped one isn't me.
Japan actually had very liberal attitudes towards homosexuality prior to the Meiji Restoration. During the Meiji Restoration, Emperor Meiji adopted a Victorian sense of morality by cracking down on homosexuality, shared baths, uncensored pornography, etc. to avoid being labeled as "uncivilized perverts" by the Puritan West and being labeled as a potential target for colonization.
Victorian values have been so deeply engrained into Japanese culture that many aren't even aware of this anymore and blindly follow it. Right-wing, nationalist politicians who claim to be defending Japanese culture are actually inadvertently doing the opposite by defending such Victorian values.
I can see that, but I found it interesting that in BOTH videos, the gay perspective and the straight perspective, there were people who were more concerned with the KIDS being bullies towards the other children of gay parents. Over and over again I am finding this with varying situations. Seems like adolescent bullying is the real problem over there.
@@は私です彼の名前 I never felt I related to my peers in middle school and the majority of my high school. I didn't get bullied too badly, but kids can be monsters, as they try to assert their own identity and status. It's a primitive psychology kind of thing, relating to our brains still developing. I don't envy gen-z schoolkids with the magnifying effect of social media
Your comment is so true. This was one of the things I learned in Japanese history. I remember there was a lecture on women's domestic bookkeeping which straight came from Victorian England, yet a few decades later, it was considered fully Japanese.
Very good point, Christian values
37thraven the thing with yuri/yaoi is it is mostly written from non lgbt people and serves either as fetishization of gay people or it is a way for straight people to explore settings that they feel they can't do with a straight couple setting
Awesome content. Love how you end most (all?) of your interviews, by asking the people what could be done to improve the situation.
wow how many homophobic comments down here, human race has still a lot to do
whats omophobic , and what if the human race doesnt want to , tell me what happens then
Baobab Bombastic People will never change. And also there is no one really being homophobic??
@@aiya5777 ikr not every ones gay
I don't see any homophobic comments at all, unless they have been deleted? There's just a ton of comments on the dude with silver hair and how attractive he is. LOL
What if my homophobia is a natural response?
The guy in the grey suit just stayed still and didnt even bother to speak 😂
He has such a talkative partner 😅
I'm really happy that things are improving, hope it keeps improving for the LGBT 😊
1:18 you’re welcome
Am I the only one who thinks that this LGBT stuff is ruining japanese society (and btw every other society)?
@@szilveszterforgo8776 This is a very complicated thing to analyze. Neo-Marxists are ruining the western countries and majority of LGBT community is part of it. I don't think LGBT is necessarily the problem though.
It is the ethos of western civilization that allowed this religion like belief system called the Neo-Marxism to come about. Our ethos was always very liberal, that is to say there wasn't much 'pressure'(for lack of a better word) from the society to go with the norm. As a result people had more freedom to build their own values(when they lost faith) which it turns out people are very bad at it. Hence, we get these lunatics like Antifa.
Japanese ethos is very different. The society have more share in building a person's values. Considering the value system of Japan existed for hundreds of years(if not thousands) and that Japan is one of the best countries in the world we can say that it is more likely to be better than a value system that a person can create by themselves. Therefore, people in Japan are less likely to fall into moral relativism. The observation supports this thesis as they are doing much better in *social* issues than the west. Because of that I think and hope that LGBT won't ruin Japan. This video too supports my view, as people are at least acknowledging and appreciating that things are getting better in Japan. We don't see that from Neo-Marxists in the West. They can't even acknowledge or appreciate that capitalism, while not being perfect, is producing brilliant results.
@@szilveszterforgo8776 yes you're the only one
The old man in the suit is so handsome! ♡
This was such a heartwarming video; it's really nice to see that Japan is slowly becoming more and more accepting towards the LGBT community. 💖💛💚💙💜
Another step closer to our extinction event.
Gene who asked
@@gene3497 please shut up
@@gene3497 we are overpopulated also some of the community can still have children? trans, bi, pan, omni etc can still have children
@@Alex-dz7pe nobody this is YT they can comment whst ever they want
This video was nice but the ugly homophobic comments had to ruin it
How do you guys find such insightful and intelligent people to interview? They don't even complain about their situation, they just find ways to deal with it and hope for a better future. It's kind of sad and inspiring at the same time.
I love how genuinely the young guy is happy with phone carrier offering family plan 😊
Thora Dali we straight people take a lot of things for granted....
LGBT people are just so happy and grateful of every little bit of recognition they can get that makes me want to give a hug to all of them!!
it's a very japanese thing, lol.
Can you please ask South Koreans about their perceptions of mental illness and how they view it or how they think it affects people. you could also ask them what they think about the famous actor Gong Yoo opening up about his struggle with depression!
I live in Mexico City, I was born here. And it’s really interesting to see that in Japan people get worried about how the kid will be treated instead of being worried about the fact that the parents will be part of the LGBT community. I think that’s awesome.
I'm definitely straight and my parents were tradional but I myself couldn't care less if my kid would be straight, gay or anything in between or beyond. I know gay couples who raise their children with so much love and are amazing parents. Their kids are very happy and amazing too. ❤😊
Then again I live in a society that's accepting of that. I do agree however that probably for the first two generations it might be hard and rough having to push through, living in a conservative society but once that society becomes more accepting you'll see that these kids can live a happy and normal life. Good luck all. You can do it!! 🤗😙
Haha right. All children need is a trustworthy person to share their insecurities and teach them how to think positively! 💖
I also think homophobes forget that not every heterosexual marriage is perfect.
@@violetsparkles5453 YESSS!
I never really thought about why women tend to be more accepting and understanding until the older guy with the shirt talked about it. Very insightful video. Kudos to you for your work.
Japanese are very sweet and very open minded, i really admire their culture, interesting and colorful . Am very proud to LGBT Japan ! Love 🇵🇭
While there is an issue in Japanese society I really envy the positivity the interviewees give off. Great energy and super wholesome!
I'm very happy to hear the LGBT is becoming more accepting in Japan. I wish the best to all those people from the LGBT community. I hope Japan legalize Same-Sex marriage and teach young people about LGBT.
It might be far off for all of Japan to legalize same-sex marriage, but there are places in Japan that allow it. Like there's one district in Tokyo, and the city of Sapporo. I feel like in Japan it might happen city by city.
DriveByBodyPiercer i think theyre gonna legalize it in the next few years!! taiwan just did so i think love will spread eventually 😊
walt7500 very true.
I 100% agree with you seage, people wouldn't feel the dicremination until it's coming their way
Oh guys come on relax. We should let people be. If haters wanna hate then let them be we just need to calm down and ignore the bad comments people have.
Nowadays, Japan has an issue about decreasing number of marriage and fertility. If this community would be approved legally by the government and mainstream society, I'm not sure it couldn't be good for the system of Japan's economic development for the future
This was a great video. It was interesting to hear the thoughts of the LGBT community in Japan on these issues.
The comments on the video are disturbing though. So many homophobic people...
realy? 90% of the comments are supporting this video so wtf are u talking about , stop making up shit
SkoRagaros sure is doing his part to balance out that entirely made-up percentage of his.
with 90% i simple meant most of the comments
@@Ouldvar You didn't saw this video when it first uploaded.
Yes we are getting more and more open to LGBTs. A friend of my brother is a gay, which he revealed when he was in high school and was warmly accepted by classmates. I heard that he was allowed to change wearings in girl’s dressing room.
wow that's cool
Why didnt he change in the boys dressing room? 😅
ネコw35 that’s because he likes boys...in other words, he is same as other girls in the class in terms of their sexual orientation (but for LGBTs among girls). Girls do not change wearing in boy’s dressing rooms, doesn’t they
You guys, please do a reasearch towards the LGBT+ Community in Indonesia. They're treated so badly in this society, due to the religous extremist population in here. Many of people who are in the part of the LGBT Community are hiding themselves because they're scared to get their parents disowned them, to lost their job, or even getting bullied. All I can say, Indonesia are the worst when it comes for LGBT Issue. You guys please please please support us, the LGBT Community to expose all the homophobic acts in Indonesia!
It's still really hard to accepting LGBT in Indonesia, when even the government still thinking that LGBT is not normal and is not a part of human rights..
Is kinda sad and devastated to see how many homophobic in Indonesia. I'm consider my self as hetero and indonesian. But I accept LGBT..
I think to make indonesian people more accept and open with LGBT. We should take non-direct and with multi approaching way . You know...
When people phobia about something it will never be good way to give them the "object" of their fear in front of them.. The instinct will tell them to kick them away, or running from it... So i guess... We can't do that...
I think, to make them change their mind..should be started from younger generation..
And the system of education should teach them about emphaty, respect others, talk about human rights..and should give these kids critical thinking skill.. Now a day, our kids growth as smart kids with lack attitude..
But you know, i know some of my friends who accept LGBT as well.. So there is a hope ;)
Cemunguutt
I'm so sorry to hear that. Is there anything we could do? There's only so little people on the internet can do to help, but if you have any ideas, I'm sure a lot of us, myself included, would be interested hearing!
Abdel, what you're describing is a fictive situation, not reality. How has LGBT been proved to destroy humanity? In no way. The world is overpopulated and continues to be so. Abandoned children live without parents, and you homophobes keep keeping those children without parents, when there would be countless of LGBT couples who could provide a happy, loving family, but your ignorant, hateful views are more important to you than lives of children.
I think the last thing you should apologize is your english. First and foremost, it would be your hatred and ignorence. Your religion is not everyone's. Your God doesn't exist for everyone. Who should have the right to happily exist should not be up to YOUR beliefs.
(Also, you're funny if you think gay people can't make children anymore, because they're gay. Their bodies very well still function the same way straight people's. But even if that was the case, we could do the same cruel thing to straight couples that just cannot have children. Or who don't want children. Repent them too because they can't reproduce, wouldn't that only be fair? Cruel, hateful, unnecessary and inhumane, but fair! ;) )
Repent people like you.
I think we need to get rid of our religion pride then increase our literacy, it would be easier to at least learn (and get educated) about it.
Terima kasih telah menghina agama
This was a brilliant video. Love hearing the older guy say it would be helpful if celebrities come out. I've always thought it would too.
Could be awesome if you could go around interviewing children the same questions :D !
Thank you so much for uploading videos like that. The world really needs too know more about things like that. This is good as it spreads awareness and educates more people. Very informative and educational. Keep up the good work!
the uncle with the strong jaw is so cute, I can't help myself lol
i strongly suggest trying the same topic at s. korea. bc i think koreans are more conservative (personally i dont think this issue should be considered conservative or progressive)than other countries.
Conservative is overused around the world, they arent really conservative.. they are regressive actually
So frustrating to hear that the guy who used to work in banking had no career prospects simply because he wasn't married...that's so wrong.
I'm a gay Iranian boy and this video right now made my day 🥲...
In iran LGBT rights is fuckin low... And i hope one day i could do things bringing more awareness towards LGBT community.
It is amazing to see the different perspectives that in the states, we take for granted everyday.
Carolyn Sloan I didn't think the media took gays for granted
Really fantastic video with a broad range of views and opinions. Please continue doing great things on your channel talking about such issues. RUclips seems to be the new platform to reach people on a global level and taking full advantage of that to educate people is a must.
The fact that they say no because of how could others threat their kids broke my heart... I really wish the japanese society changes and accept the fact that LOVE IS LOVE (I'm straight btw)
Fantastic conversation. The people you spoke to were brave and willing to share their point of view. I hope the LGBTQ+ community get more exposure and can live their lives in peace and happiness.
Glad to know that is is slowly getting more accepting in Japan, I'm happy for the LGBTQ community there :) I have been lucky to have been born in The Netherlands. If I remember correctly, my country was the very first who accepted same-sex marriage. It is very well received overall here and I up till now have never encountered problems with me being bi :)
I think it's okay if you don't support LGBT as long as you don't hurt/discriminate them. Treat them as equals. You cannot force your opinion on people so it's better to appreciate them in a way somehow.
gabriella joyce "you cannot force your opinion." Just saying, this isn't against you but against that phrase. If you can't force your opinion, then why do gay people keep telling other people "oh it's fine to be gay" as they subtlety push them towards the LGBT line? If the gay people would stop saying "oh it's fine" and actually listen to a person if they aren't sure if they're gay then we're fine.
ThatOneScarecrow What on earth are you talking about? Could you specify a little? Because right now it sounds like you're asking, "Why do gay people tell other gay people that there's nothing wrong with being gay?", which... isn't a hard nut to crack.
Yoarashi I don't know exactly what ThatOneScarecrow means either but I dislike it too that the LGBT once allowed seem to be really proud of their..state and seem to try to get others to be like one of them too. I've had friends who only became gay because they..idolized gay people (which on average in my country means: confident, friendly, party-goer, basically upbeat things). Although I respect them for their sexual orientation I just cannot allow them to spread it around.
you're a bunch of idiots. gay people existing don't hurt you in anyway. we literally just want to be able to live a normal life without being oppressed. if you don't support lgbt people, fine heres what you do.
"oh you're gay? cool . it conflicts with my personal beliefs but i still respect you as a person"
Marsy what about this proud LGBT guy in my classroom that keeps on moaning every now and then? What about when you stroll in town and a gay whistles? (like a man to a woman he finds hot) By being in the middle section they get more rights in some aspect and less in others, don't call us names unless you can speak for every LGBT on Earth.
No freedom till we're equal damn right I support it
why is your profile kim jong un
idk idk cuz he's my mate
Is thatchu Macklemore?
Yes
don’t be a commie
Is not it ironic that in Japan , yaoi aka boys love, cross-dressing manga, are very popular but irl they mostly don't support lgbtq
i see a lotta G but not a lotta L B or T being discussed here
As I was watching this episode, it made me wanna be involved! If there is anything I can do to help people like me who r feeling minority in the society, we should all raise our voices to be heard. The louder we become, the more chances for other to hear, the more any issue becomes, “normal.” Then it will become nonissue.
when i was in japan for a school trip i was feeling really down because i was really dysphoric and i was being forced to wear a dress and being called cute all the time and i felt kind of scared all the time for being trans (and i was like dont stare at any cute girls you dont want to freak them out) and then i was standing outside the toilet's in a ドン・キホーテ i saw photos on the wall from a pride event and i felt so much better. Obviously my dysphoria wasn't changed, i still had to wear the dress but seeing them so plainly in a shop made me feel so much happier.
Thank you Asian Boss for making these great videos, you are real journalists, giving ordinary people's insights on issues!
People with manners talking calmly and nicely about /controversial/ topics. This has cured my eyes
I’m a Filipino and I’ve been working here in japan. In the first month of my job I told everyone that I’m gay. My boss accepted it and said it’s ok but some of my coworkers even though they don’t bully me , I feel they kinda distanced themselves from me, I feel I’m being left out,. I’m hoping that someday they can open there minds on lgbt things...
Watching this in 2019.
With the popularity of the “What did you eat yesterday?” series in Japan, could you do another interview about this subject and see how much the opinion of mainstream Japanese has changed (or not)?
Wow this was really insightful and uplifting! Thank you so much!
1:34 the man in the suit saying"I want a child", right after his partner said he didn't really want a child because of his age...LOL
Lots of people in my country(Ethiopia) tend not to talk about Lgbt issues just like the Japanese society. But then the Japanese r more aware and knowledgeable about these things which made them more open minded where as in my country many people illiterate and ignorant which led them to be horribly homophobic
that man in the grey suit was so fine
Andre Seward. You took the words out of my mouth.
Even if it has been almost 4 year since this, I never knew it was different around the world. I always thought it was the same everywhere so I'm really I stumbled across this and got to educate myself further.
Now I wanna see when Tokyo Pride is arranged, it looks so peaceful and lovely
this was such a nice video
Hey, Thanks for making insightful videos about Japan and around the world. I am watching these videos to improve my Japanese listening and also speaking. I was wondering if it will be feasible for you guys to have Japanese subtitles as well in videos.
I am so happy because I can hear another opinion about the diversity in other half of globe. Thanks for you, the produter of contents the diversity in this big world that we Don't know so clearly.
Real Japanese society is like:
to someone else; feel sorry, but I’ll accept him/her
to your child; NO
Haha that's almost the same everywhere. Too much love blinds you from accepting a few things. For example, parents have a clash of opinions with their children almost all the time. But since they love each other so much, atleast one of them backs down or starts to hide things that might anger the other. That's how it is here I guess
@@nithyasreesathyanarayanan5611 im not gay and I am sure it's not the same everywhere else. Im thai and i don't care if my children will be gay or not. why would a parent care about that? we are not going to sleep in the same bed with them. they can go sleep with whoever they what it's none of my business. i don't really understand some people actually. if they worry about grandchildren, think about it. nowadays most people don't wanna have kids. my sister is over 30+ years old and she doesn't wanna have kids. all my female friends at work and also my boss doesn't have kids. so, even though you are not gay it doesn't mean you are going to have kids anyway. actually, i really have no idea why some people are really against gay and i think i will never know.
@@GaryGolf Yes even I don't know why people have anything against being gay. I'm perfectly fine with them and I hope they find love like straight people do. I'm just stating the fact the most traditional people don't accept them as normal and think they have some kind of illness. But it's not true. It's just that they love differently. And yes, most people are refusing to have kids nowadays so that should not be used as a excuse against gay people. It's stupid that people are so close minded.
I think the main problem is, the lack of knowledge about the LGBT people...
Society thinks they are doing something wrong. As an example, I Talked about LGBT community with my younger sisters. For my surprise, they were more open than I thought. Anyway, they didn't know much about the LGBT community. I told them how they suffer and what happens to them if the society doesn't accept them. and they started to understand and became more supportive of LGBT. the same thing happened with my cousin sister. She was not accepting of them and took trans people as a joke, and I explained all the sufferings and what their life is like, and she started to feel sorry about them and she became a supporter. And I did the same thing for a friend who didn't accept the LGBT community. He started to become more open and accepting of them. All of these people are good Catholics, so I started with what our religion is really about.
When you want to tell someone that you're a member of LGBT community or you're a supporter of them or if you want to change their views about them, first make a good impression about yourself in front of them. Then start with a decent topic with a calm tone, and start talking about how people suffer and suicide because of different things. Then you can slowly start talking about how society's negative opinions about LGBT affect them.
Don't ask me whether I'm gay, I'm 24 and I still don't know my sexual orientation xD
Lang fun thank you for being so kind and amazing!
That dude in the silver suit is handsome
One question I think would have been interesting to ask would have been about the influence of bl mangas and stuff on the community and how the people felt about it, whether they thought it was offensive or not
Stephanie Ann I think Yaoi is something bad, but I haven't read any BL so I can't really talk about that. But the message I get from yaoi is "Two boys can have a sexual relationship but Can't love each other in a Romantic way" well but that's just my opinion
The y’all guy in the grey suit is a daddy 😍❤️
LOVE THIS CHANNEL! LOTS OF SUPPORT!!!
Some of them didn't want to have a child because they would probably get bullied. That's sad :( We should accept everyone regardless of their family composition, that should be teached on schools and homes, because sometimes kids can be really rude and cruel with their own classmates
Japan is such a civilized nation... respect
The left dude of the couple looks like asian patrick stewart lol
I feel like we've already seen a lot of 'LGBT in Japan', 'How Japanese people see LGBT' type of videos on RUclips so it's really refreshing to see a lengthy video of interviews from the viewpoint of actual Japanese LGBT people where they can speak for themselves about their own experiences. Thanks, Asian Boss.
It was interesting to watch, but I was curious if lesbian experience is different from male gays and what they think and you have not interviewed them~
That guy in the white shirt had such a nice voice and was really eloquent while talking. It’d be nice to hear his voice like on the TV or on the radio.
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It's really sad to hear that to be LGBT in Japan is that hard you can't even get a promotion... I wish the situation keeps improving. Strength to keep fighting for our rights in every country!
I hope Japan sees more positive changes for the LGBTQI community soon!
Love it. Love your channel, especially the Japan session cause I was a ryūgakusei in Kyoto for a year. Please keep sharing!
This Japanese man 1:30 with his gray suit is very hot and handsome with his white and black hair amazing? I'm drooling I love Japanese men that include bears, fits, bodybuilders and daddys! 🔥🔥🔥
Can't say I'm massive into daddies (I found a lot of older gay men where I'm from tend to be far less affectionate, regardless of how much they love their partners)...
But I got to admit, that guy is damn handsome. Sharp dresser too, so that might be it because I have a weakness for that.
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I really like this channel. Thanks to Kiv and everybody who run this channel.
So generally ppl say they are not discriminating but accepting but in truth most ppl try to act as if homosexuality did not exist in their surroundings and is something extremely rare and strange.
Their words are full of wisdom which we can't deny came from their experiences and observations. These are quite painful to hear but sadly the reality...and currently the LGBTQ are experiencing up until now.
I'm so happy that Japan is slowly getting more accepting of us lgbtq+ and that it's getting better. Although when will it be allow for gay people to marry in Japan? It really feels like they should be allowed to, due to how lgbtq+ friendly they've become.
Wow. Love it how honest Japanese people are.
You can't cure love....
In Melbourne we have a sex Ed class, and they told us all about the different sexual orientations, and a lgbtq activist from America ( I forgot her name ) came to our school to explain what it's like to be young and confused. I couldn't personally relate but it was interesting and I respect people in the community. Australia is lgbt friendly! So we welcome you!
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The japanese guy with the gray and black hair is very handsome.
This was amazingly insightful! I love their perspectives on these topics like how that guy said why women are more receptive for coming out, that was right on point. I was more intrigued tbh in the LGBT's perspective than the straight perspective basically because they don't know shit lol. Thank you sm for this!
I really wish america would also start teaching its students about LGBT+ people, even if it JUST starts out with them teaching students about same sex couples, I feel like it would be a remarkable improvement. Also I would like to say that we are definitely progressing fast, we have gay characters in cartoons, people no longer say "thats gay" as an insult, and we've legalized gay marriage, so we're definitely heading in the right direction!
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John Wright as it should be.
From my own personal experience, I think the LGBT community of Japan needs to be accepting of gays from all around the world. When I was in Japan last year it was hard enough being a foreigner, but even more difficult to talk to gay locals. Acceptance should be for EVERYONE
Can you do something similar in China? I am curious about their perspective.
Thank you for this video! 👏👏👏