Denied by the State, demanded by the streets: Japan's LGBTQ+ turning point

Japan’s turning point for LGBTQ+ rights

Japanese LGBTQ+ communities are taking to the streets to push for equal marriage rights with the slogan: May love prevail in the Supreme Court.

Searching for K-Sappho: LGBTQ+ people in Korean history

Searching for K-Sappho: LGBTQ+ people in Korean history

Islamic Republic of Japan

Illegal Voting Help The White Race White Supremacist Feuding

A cosmopolitan corner of southern Japan

A cosmopolitan corner of southern Japan

Indo-Japan ties can be most important: Japanese FM

Indo-Japan ties can be most important: Japanese FM

Japanese city upends 30-year Muslim park prayer custom, straining multiculturalism

A decision by a city near Tokyo to bar a mosque from holding a long-standing outdoor prayer session in one of its parks has triggered debate over multicultural coexistence in Japan, with questions raised over whether officials had sufficient grounds for the move. The dispute began in May when a mosque in Ichikawa, Chiba prefecture, was denied permission to hold a group prayer in the public park, located in a residential neighbourhood, during a festival that had been held there for years with...

The Florida street that exposes America’s growing homophobia

LGBTQ+ activists are resisting erasure across the US

LGBTQ+ families are building lives Japanese lawmakers still struggle to see

Japan does not offer same-sex couples the same legal rights and benefits granted to married couples.

Hundreds of thousands of people celebrate diversity at NYC Pride March: ‘Trump uses us to polarize society’

The parade coincides with setbacks affecting the LGBTQ+ community, especially transgender people

“Nuclear Family Month” shows that MAGA is still coming for same-sex marriage

Red state anti-Pride proclamations demonize most straight people along LGBTQ folks

Scenes from 2026 NYC Pride Parade

Celebrating a 39-year tradition: Passing out roses and honoring community at New York City’s phenomenal LGBTQIA+ Pride March. The post Scenes from 2026 NYC Pride Parade appeared first on New York Amsterdam News.

Japan’s Kawaii Culture Went Global by Refusing to Change, Say Nakagawa Yusuke and Kimura Misa at Golden Melody Festival

Japan’s kawaii culture didn’t go global by adapting to Western tastes – it did it by doubling down on its own identity. That was the central argument at one of the 2026 Golden Melody Festival’s most colorful opening sessions, held in Taiwan ahead of the Golden Melody Awards. Kawaii – Japan’s aesthetics-driven pop movement built []

Why this street in Japan looks like an endless tunnel of red torii gates

Why this street in Japan looks like an endless tunnel of red torii gates

Equality Court rules Ngizwe Mchunu’s anti-LGBTQIA+ remarks amount to hate speech

Equality Court rules Ngizwe Mchunu’s anti-LGBTQIA+ remarks amount to hate speech

Kiara St. James was the queen of New York's trans rights movement

Kiara St. James left New York a better place than she entered it. The transgender organizer, community activist, and architect for LGBTQ+ liberation was instrumental in advancing transgender rights in New York state, laying the groundwork for the current protections we see today. After her death from cancer on May 8, 2026, friends, family, and colleagues reflected on her lofty political legacy.

‘We live in fear’: Students sue university over transgender ‘sexual harassment’ rules * WorldNetDaily * by Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal

Source link The University of Minnesota forces students to adopt transgender ideology in the name of preventing “sexual harassment,” and students are suing, saying the policies violate their free speech

Taiwan floats join New York, San Francisco Pride parades

New York/San Francisco, June 28 (CNA) Taiwan-themed floats were part of the New York City (NYC) Pride March and the San Francisco (SF) Pride Parade on Sunday, featuring Taiwanese drag performers in New York and Taiwan's mascot Oh Bear in San Francisco.

Mamdani says Eric Adams’s administration created neighborhood map and will add Little Italy

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called out the administration of former Mayor Eric Adams for the uproar over a city immigrant-neighborhood map that left out Italian, Irish, and Jewish communities. The city’s tourism and marketing organization, New York City Tourism + Conventions, promoted the graphic on its website, titled “New York City: A Cultural Map.” []

Like espresso in iced tea: Yeowoorak finds harmony in unlikely pairings

Rock meets pansori. Blues meets gugak. Street dance meets a centuries-old shamanic ritual. That spirit of unlikely collaboration defines this year's Yeowoorak Festival, the National Theater of Korea's annual summer music festival, where traditional Korean music is paired with contemporary genres in an effort to blur the boundaries between them. Pop music. Gugak. Those are just labels, said veteran folk-rock singer-songwriter Kang San-eh, who performed during the festival's opening weekend alon

Japan PM heckled at Second World War memorial over shift from pacifist stance

The jeers included 'Protect Article 9!', a clause in Japan's constitution that renounces war

Heyang Quan

Heyang Quan, a Fujian Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage, embodies strength, balance, and heritage through its unique blend of power, grace, and tradition. #HeritageandInheritors

Minnesota Gov. Walz calls SCOTUS girls’ sports ruling ‘cruel’

Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz faced backlash from conservatives on social media after denouncing Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling on transgender athletes in women’s sports by calling it “cruel.” “As the Supreme Court says states can be cruel to trans kids, my message is clear: Here in Minnesota, we stand with and value our trans neighbors []...Click to read more

National-Level Ilal Hijrah celebration tomorrow

National-Level Ilal Hijrah celebration tomorrow

Gadu Doushin

Butoh – the Japanese dance form cherishing imperfection that emerged as the country recovered from the Second World War- Video by MN OriginalWatch on Psyche

A tale of two marches: LGBTQ Jews face cheers, heckles at NYC Pride

For many attendees Sunday, the Jew York Pride contingent offered a rare opportunity to celebrate both their LGBTQ and Jewish identities without feeling forced to choose between them.

GES bans post-examination flamboyant celebrations on school premises

The GES has banned gift presentations for SHS graduates on school premises to uphold discipline and equality, following opulent celebrations that prompted concern.

Song Joong-ki, Park Ji-hyun to unite in rom-com series 'Love Cloud'

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Song Joong-ki and Park Ji-hyun will unite in the KBS r...

Justice Thomas calls transgender language a 'lie' in concurring opinion

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that transgender language is a “lie to the public” in a Tuesday opinion, concurring with a ruling that blocks athletes who were assigned to the male sex at birth from competing against biological women. “Men and boys with gender dysphoria are not women or girls, even if they believe...

South Korean Culture Is Inspiring The Next Wave Of Apartment Amenities

Pop music and skincare aficionados, move over: Real estate wants in on South Korean culture, too.

Oregon State U. Course to Explore Gender, Race, Sexuality in Disney Cartoon Movies

“There is no scholarly grounding to such High Theory-pop culture courses; they consist of a rote recycling of a mannered academic discourse that refers to almost nothing outside of itself.” The post Oregon State U. Course to Explore Gender, Race, Sexuality in Disney Cartoon Movies first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

'Pride 2026: For All of Us' explores LGBTQ stories in NYC | Watch Now

'Pride 2026: For All of Us' explores LGBTQ stories in NYC | Watch Now

For you foreign nationals seeking permanent Japanese residency, Japan will formalize income, language proficiency, and etiquette requirements so you don't stick out as a clueless foreigner [Obvious]

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Kim Petras loves 'giving the middle finger to conservatives' in music—and PrEP!

Kim Petras is still a “Superpower Bitch.” Since the beginning of her career, the transgender singer has never shied away from pushing pop music into a bolder, sexier, and more unapologetically queer direction.

Love Is LOVE, Unless You're Chuck Schumer! Schumer Booed and HISSED at During NYC Pride Parade and LOL

Love Is LOVE, Unless You're Chuck Schumer! Schumer Booed and HISSED at During NYC Pride Parade and LOL

New York Times Celebrates Father’s Day By Erasing Men

Critics have been saying almost since the beginning that the transgender movement is erasing women — but The New York Times celebrated Father’s Day by proving they’re erasing men too. The article in question, a guest essay titled “To My Daughter, My Gender Was Never Complicated,” was published on Sunday morning — just in time ...

Jessica Page: Why has WA been so quiet on domestic violence against Aboriginal women?

WA has been walking past violence against Aboriginal women for too long. It can’t be put on a bronze pedestal.

This US city will celebrate Diljit Dosanjh every year. Here's why

A visibly emotional Dosanjh described himself as being speechless.

Wanita jahit bibir rakan serumah ditahan polis

TOKYO: Polis Jepun menahan seorang wanita berhampiran Tokyo kerana disyaki menjahit bibir rakan serumahnya, kata pihak berkuasa pada Khamis. Mangsa yang berusia 42 tahun berjaya melarikan diri dari rumah di bandar Koga sebelum bergegas ke sebuah kedai berhampiran. Mangsa juga menunjukkan sekeping kertas yang tertulis “tolong saya”, kata pegawai kanan polis tempatan, Makoto Hiyama, kepada ... Read more The post Wanita jahit bibir rakan serumah ditahan polis appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

Nippon Paint Makes $8.6 Billion Bid for AkzoNobel’s Decorative-Paints Unit

The move for the Akzo unit follows an earlier attempt by Nippon Paint to buy the group as a whole and split it with Sherwin-Williams.