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In Rare Move, Japanese Pop Star Comes Out Publicly as Gay (www.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is pretty huge, good on him for being brave, hopefully more Japanese people are inspired and do the same as him

[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He's probably ending his career with this given how pridefully inflexible Japanese culture is. That said, he has the potential to be a national icon if the battle for equality is won there one day.