PHOTO: by Kakidai, under CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons On 28 November 2025, the Tokyo High Court ruled that Japan’s lack of marriage equality was constitutional, contrary to all of the five earlier High Court decisions, including one out of the same Tokyo High Court (albeit in a Continue Reading
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Opinion: Your Party is a waste of time
I’m a Green Party member. I am going to be up front when I talk about this. I think Your Party is a waste of time. With Reform on the rise and Labour clearly wanting to be their lapdog. The left needs to unify. And before someone plays another clip Continue Reading
New Japanese Court Win, Expanded (But Still Restricted) Rights for Same Sex Couples, and Takaichi’s Ascendancy
This article covers a lot of ground. Since our last article on Japan, there have been quite a few developments in the realm of trans and LGBTQ rights, as well as one big area for potential concern. We will start with the good news. Sapporo Family Court Finds Requirement for Continue Reading
Japanese Family Court Finds Remaining Surgical Requirement Unconstitutional
On 19 September, the Sapporo Family Court found that the requirement to have “genitalia matching the target sex” as a requirement to legally change sex in Japan is unconstitutional and therefore invalid, according to an exclusive published in the Asahi Shinbun on 23 September. ([1]) According to Asahi, the case Continue Reading
M&S: Misinformation & Spin
This week, our podcast will not contain any of our usual segments, including the news coverage that makes up the bulk of our show. We’ve given over the entire episode to a longform interview and discussion with Jasmine Qureshi about queering ecology, and queering as a practice. It’s some fascinating Continue Reading