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Title: Pride vs. prejudice
Post by: LostInTime on August 07, 2007, 07:34:10 AM
The Japan Times (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20070807a1.html)
By JAMIE FINDLAY
Special to The Japan Times

On the one hand, Japan has a large lesbian and gay community, and it's becoming more visible. Two years ago, Osaka Prefectural Assembly member Kanako Otsuki came out as a lesbian and has since married her partner (though the marriage is not legally recognized). And Setagaya Ward's Aya Kamikawa has become the country's first transsexual politician.