The Japan Times 🔗 [Link: 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.
