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Regumi (Japanese: レズビアン組; rōmaji: Rezubian-gumi; lit. 'lesbian group') is a lesbian group in Tokyo. [11] [18] The use of the abbreviation regumi avoids using the word "lesbian" (レスビアン resubian or レズビアン rezubian) and its abbreviation rezu (レズ), which in Japanese is derogatory.
Lesbian-romance themed anime and manga is known as yuri (which means "lily"). Yuri is used as a catch-all term, much more so than yaoi; it is used to describe female-female relationships in material marketed to straight men, straight women, or lesbians, despite significant stylistic and thematic differences between works aimed at these ...
Japanese society's view of LGBT and sexual minorities has shifted due to the rapid westernization in postwar period. Consequently, lesbian, gay, bisexual and gender variant identity and behavior have since come to be seen as aberrant or "diseased". In more recent times, however, with the influences of LGBT magazines, research, interviews, case ...
"The most famous lesbian bar in all of Tokyo, maybe in one of the most famous in the world" [16] [17] [better source needed] [10] Roxie's: Shanghai China 2014 June 2024 First lesbian bar in Shanghai [18] [10] [19] Virus: Hong Kong China 1997 Hong Kong's first lesbian bar and as of 2020 one of only two remaining from as many as nine in the early ...
In a 2023 survey, Pew Research Center estimated that nearly 70% of Japanese people support same-sex marriage, the highest percentage of acceptance out of the Asian countries surveyed. [38] Some political figures are beginning to speak publicly about they themselves being gay. Kanako Otsuji, an assemblywoman from Osaka, came out as a lesbian in ...
New York-based Singaporean filmmaker Kirsten Tan is set to direct “Crocodile Rock,” a film that explores the underground lesbian club culture of 1990s Singapore. The project is currently being ...
To achieve this specialization, clubs are typically segregated by "scene". There are bars that cater specifically to the bear community, BDSM, muscular men, young men, butch and femme lesbians, etc. [11] While most bar owners do accommodate new and non-Japanese customers, the scene is primarily geared toward regular customers who are Japanese.
According to Nakamura, this is because there is a strong protection in Japanese society and laws for disabled persons; therefore, identifying more as members of the disability community rather than the queer community has allowed transgender Japanese to assert their rights in law and society more strongly without social ostracization, more so ...