@tegosaur.

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You guys…. I am not gonna lie, I was almost on the verge of tears watching that report. It was SO GOOD. If I write everything I want to, this post would be gigantic so I’m just gonna cite the best points:

this report being part of a week-long campaign by Nihon TV about families in general the emphasis on the fact that the lesbian couple had previous marriages due to compulsory heterosexuality and them trying to kill off their feelings (and that it is not a “trend”) sho using gender-neutral language when explaining his first love to their daughter the show highlighting that the discomfort their oldest son felt was due to society’s expectations on his own family AND NOT because of the sapphic nature of his parents’ relationship them repeating multiple times that Japan is thought to have 1 in 13 LGBT people and that IT IS NOT SOMETHING UNCOMMON Sho was very respectful from beginning to end. Never questioning, never refuting. He listened and understood their stories.

It is unbelievable how still at this time and age Japan, a first world country, still is pretty much on the dark about LGBT issues especially considering how one of the most famous celebrities in the country is an openly gay man who does drag.

Murao’s words in the end were spot-on and even though they were in a Japanese context, they still apply to a huge part of the world. “In our Constitution all people are protected from discrimination based on illness, race, creed, gender, etc. Therefore the government must take initiative on solving this issue.” This is a matter of human rights, folks.

It was absolutely fantastic so see this topic being discussed in a more serious and journalistic space. Sho was also great for using his influence to bring light to these stories that were being ignored for a very long time.