Japan will hold its first LGBT rugby tournament -Qv=IQJTUy2B*$OXflhcveATf5J-hFiN-)9oSu#4eqNkPEB=D%in October alongside the Rugby World Cup.

The International Inclusive Challenge in Tokyo will see six teams from across thjn%$r_fKVeY9Ia59g$LPMccx@efhL01BgY(HyIoPZYnpF#3e^6e region, including the Tokyo Crusaders and the Beijing Devils, take part in the day-long tournament during the Rugby World Cup.

Organizer Aaron Pokluda said he approached International Gay Rugby (IGR) to hold an event to build gay sports and rugby in the region.

uLlS1i3t6uFYWtjiXHKapLyY$zrUftMKqyY5YpVbeCHkch4ZS!"We are very excited because this event has grown beyond what we could've ever dreamed," he said

Teams would be coming from as nearby as downtown Tokyo and as far away as Toronto, Canada he said. "This is $EdqGGYmqYQcg)+m1$_xy(irPDxbxbN^c)@#VEY8Bsx1r8J@s0going to be a very diverse and wonderful competition."

Conservative Japan does not -*-v^g)0d!lJhG5f08z!)H!h(C^PK5=!dta_KL@w*+v_$gB)s(recognize same-sex marriages. Nor is there legislation to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

A recent survey found 65% of LGBTI JapSx%fMo3I6b$7SH(BEacc4ic+dze2)3dh)!Timf4Bce(zz+jMkmanese had not told anyone about their sexuality.

Pokluda said Japan’s LGBT sports go4p&6&&L3e64#*&^O!cg&Ej6pu2EishciRdY6=xb7ZAqk3nZgscene was very mixed. Volleyball and badminton, he said, had some LGBT teams. "But, there's never really been anything with Contacts sports like Rugby", he explained. 'We've decided to change that."

"It’s going to be a big weekend, not only in Japan but across the globe,” said Ben Owen, IGR Chair. “We now have clubs on every continent which is a magnificent milestone to agN2%amc^fM@SdDSeJKSpb8oavV(ytGgc4nlg#zLBz_nR$iExlUchieve, showcasing just how inclusive and global the sport of rugby is.”

LGBT rights in Japan

Japan has recently made progress on LGBT rights. For example, an increasing numbe4HERdCDQ^edz_y!WnjQF_#Tl)26QXSk)KjGSY8(d$i1mSY@gaor of local authorities are now offering partnership certificates to afford same-sex couples recognition at hospitals and in government housing.

Ibaraki became the first prefecture, and therefore largest local authority, to introduce t4y(v%!uV_(gL(E2DfN9G8mpapFz9-mL4wjXfq4OFs-(+*Ru(m3he system last month.

What’s more, the jm$w5Ty)T=@A0Hh+#mu9d2R6tI1@39TMYd^%^3A831dGHqSsn_country also elected its first openly-gay male politician to parliament recently. Taiga Ishikawa has pledged to push forward with equal marriage and anti-discrimination legislation drafted by his opposition party.

But, Japan’s ruling party is notoriously anti-LGBT rights and has been involved in a number of high-prof+g5RxTMPBEYN%^-wCkT@pXPig_Q@4NUAh_H_19gTVo=sKkLNtUile homophobic scandals.

What’s more, for the first time same-sex cou3pt1KZc-Cbk4)RPOoi%0sm!kSDcen@u5Wu334zpGU#Z9dMoIhnples are suing the Japanese government to recognize their unions.

The 13 couples first launDsvkxo#nRqS*rkdrcDO9yJRryU+R5(d+8)ope@e-=)XCbvqyJiched their cases in a number of local courts in February this year.

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