JOC signs framework agreement with LGBTQ hub Pride House Tokyo
JOC President Yasuhiro Yamashita said the move came about following last summer's Tokyo Games, where the number of athletes who came out as LGBTQ was the highest ever.
LGBTQ stars grabbed spotlight at Olympics, but Japanese athletes remained hidden
If LGBTQ athletes at the Tokyo Olympics were their own country, they would have ranked seventh in the world, but no Japanese athletes would have been among them.
Tokyo LGBTQ center head hoping Olympics spark social change
Operators of Pride House Tokyo aim to offer a place for sexual minorities, especially young people, who have talked of losing access to support networks during the pandemic.
Soccer player Kumi Yokoyama comes out as transgender: 'It would be harder to live closeted'
The former Nadeshiko Japan striker, who plays for the NWSL's Washington Spirit, has received a flood of support from athletes and LGBTQ advocates following their announcement on Saturday.
Soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada helps blaze trail for Japan's LGBT athletes
Soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada has been encouraged by the response she has received since she became Japan's first openly gay professional athlete in February last year. Now, with this summer's Tokyo Olympics focusing the world's sporting attention on Japan, she is hoping that attitudes towards ...
Pop-up venue Pride House opens in Tokyo for LGBT fans ahead of 2019 Rugby World Cup
As the Rugby World Cup got underway Friday, a pop-up venue for LGBT and other sexual minority fans opened in Tokyo, in an initiative organizers hope to build on for next year's Olympics and beyond. The Pride House Tokyo 2019 in the capital's Harajuku district ...
