![]() “You get a job offer only to be rejected once your company learns you are a sexual minority,” said Maki Muraki, the openly lesbian leader of Nijiiro (Rainbow) Diversity, an Osaka-based nonprofit that promotes LGBT equality in the workplace. ![]() Many people do not come out because of the discrimination that ensues. In surveys, about 5 percent of Japanese people say they are gay or lesbian, although it’s not clear how many of them are openly so. The “Japanese dream” revolves around education, lifetime employment and marriage. He’s not without qualms perpetuating stereotypes, he concedes, may not be the best way to bring homosexuality into the mainstream. Mitz Mangrove is another gay, cross-dressing television celebrity, a star who trades on flamboyance. (Ko Sasaki/For The Washington Post)Īnd he’s not alone. ![]() We are okay as long as we say things that are not mainstream or that are sharp or vulgar,” Mangrove said.
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