I dunno, my cousin lives there and I've visited a few times. It's definitely a reactionary country on the whole but it still felt safer. Like I saw a gay couple walking down the street hand-in-hand in a midsize town in broad daylight, which is not something I could ever think of doing in the bumfuck US exurb I live in.
Also Japan is an incredibly conformist society. Think 1950s america.
I have friends who couldn’t even live together there before being married or else they would be shunned/looked down on by people. It’s a fucked up place.
i'm somehow having trouble imagining japan of all places being more welcoming to (as op put it) "undesirables"
I dunno, my cousin lives there and I've visited a few times. It's definitely a reactionary country on the whole but it still felt safer. Like I saw a gay couple walking down the street hand-in-hand in a midsize town in broad daylight, which is not something I could ever think of doing in the bumfuck US exurb I live in.
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Except when it's night time where literally all social rules change completely.
Also Japan is an incredibly conformist society. Think 1950s america.
I have friends who couldn’t even live together there before being married or else they would be shunned/looked down on by people. It’s a fucked up place.
Hmmm but gay marriage isn’t even legal there
Probably won't be legal in the US for much longer either.
What is legal/acceptable in the US is a pretty low bar for "undesirables"
Wasn’t there a thing recently where they might be about to pass legislation for civil unions soon