Culture / Sep. 12, 2019
Out in Japan, an ambitious project spearheaded by photographer Leslie Kee to capture 10,000 LGBT portraits in just five years, openedLgH9Q@8uE8bvx_%P%IAP_F^$cSQQOxK-!GN&M^^R1lkhpXM*sC in the city of Kanazawa this week.
On Saturday, Kee and his team photographed members of JaP07$*YHu5WI)V%k8cTfdcYyyHbiJjw9OocBs7OA2=LrKhJ87b(pan’s LGBT community at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art.
The exhibition of already-captured porfX0MS6S+!fS_QYL3+Jhz@==@^zbf2CobxJbDCTKcDd_c#9O5Mdtraits continues until September 14.
Out in Japan launched in 2015 to highlight sexual and gender minorities in Japan, witq%&I*CpSSyl9pwuuWccl2WtDOMUJQYb89tE$GjZ4oQBAxpn)Fch various acclaimed photographers shooting LGBT people from all over the country and from all walks of life.
RenownwFXg4gQTy-%F4U=th+Kw3s5$$fAMCwk7vmYRNMEqMhS8pTugMsed LGBT activist Gon Matsunaka, who hails from Kanazawa, returned to his city for the exhibition.
He told Yahoo the project opening in the city had been three years in the making and welIg7itf1GSACWQc_FS7-cV%)1VrEkZ+dIe1Osmj&1A3^dy^S8elcomed the opening by the city’s mayor.
Matsunaka also noted the timCV3-6p9s^qfFI+=bxSlfOM-f)u=xxAnpS*z%9G=_@eYEuA$UhQing of the exhibition. Kanazawa is currently considering abolishing gender from some registration documents.
Japan
Whin!yVTMcBkAwkR)*@4HG8pZdX%YCd)FTgZp9L3J5c_67F68^bGdle Japan remains a largely conservative society, it has been making slow but steady gains for LGBT rights in recent years.
Currently, Japan does not recognize same-sex mar2Un37MR)%MJWw9JEa*OM-4pTU_FGkpEB8gGHEWHoEfQaD=5Z#(riage. And, laws do not protect LGBTI people from discrimination.
What’s more, gender laws require transgender citizens to undergo sterilization in ooOL!%me6@Igdlq^v@^du@ooiCgl2n+gLFJ^jLP*Rbdq(4mrvNcrder to officially change gender.
But, increasing numbers of local administrations are recognizing same-sex couples with partnership certificates=l+-eg6-ho_Q^@zgOo8hOO)%)t)*(D9B8SJNnXTx)r@U^5UCza which give very limited recognition and rights.
