Talk:Homosexuality in Japan

message: Well, the Kojiki wasn't written in early 7th century, but in the year 712, which is early 8th century, right? -Unsigned
:Yes, Kojiki was compiled and published in 712. Hadrianvs et antinovs (talk) 00:08, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Kojiki reference

message: Does anyone else think the content of this page is BS?--66.53.98.122 23:37, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm indeed from a very old samurai family, and have come across this article while looking into what the English sphere of the internet says about my kind of people. I can say that most if not all of this page is utter nonsense. It is true that homosexuality has always been legal in Japan to this very day and none has ever been punished for being homosexual. However, it is ridiculous to suggest that a significant portion of the population was practising it. This article totally lacks an explanation of, for example, why Kagema Jaya（陰間茶屋） were mostly located in fairly dodgy places around Edo, such as Mukou Jima （向島） --TokyoJapan (talk) 14:02, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Accuracy?

message: Why does the "Homosexuality in modern Japan" section concern itself solely with anime? What about actual people? How do they fit in? -Branddobbe 06:04, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)
:Probably because no one has had the chance to write anything yet.  I don't think it's a purposeful exclusion.  Exploding Boy 16:35, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)
:"Some manga are directly aimed at the gay market, and these can sometimes show the depiction of erect penises, oral, and anal sex, masturbation, rape, bondage, and sadomasochism." I might be wrong, but I think girls' manga also often includes depiction of these images. -Unsigned
::I assure you, it does. Orinthe
:About six months have passed and nothing has been written on it. Will someone volunteer soon? Mike H 10:01, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
Well there are few if not any homosexuals in modern Japan. Sounds stupid but let me explain. In Japan homosexuality is not a label of self identity as it is in the west, in Japan homosexuality is something you do. So very few people in Japan actually consider themselves "homosexual", they just perform homosexual acts. This is not to be discussed in public as social etticat is extremely important. If someone found out you were committing homosexual acts they would not consider you "gay", and they would not be disgusted at you for being homosexual. They would be disgusted for you committing the act. For this reason Japanese people do not relate or consider themselves homosexual, because in the culture they are not homosexual, only doing homosexual things, and you would never tell people that you do those things because it makes no sense to. I do agree that they should have a better section on this and probably explain this.
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::In other words, as long as you hide your true self from the world, you're fine, but if you admit to your lifestyle, you're judge and discriminated against. How is this different at all from the USA or anywhere else?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.171.0.141 (talk) 13:15, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Homosexuality in modern Japan

message: I've added a popular media section for present situation. It needs A LOT of work. Also, a commentary of life in Japan, something about society is geared for straight married couples, makes it difficult for even straight singles, straight un-married couples, let alone les and gay to live. Lack of open discrimination, but undercurrents... etc etc. post added by User:DDD DDD
:Please sign your posts using four tildes (~), like this: ~~~~.  Thanks.  Exploding Boy 07:08, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: EP. sorry about that. still kinda new here. forget often. DDD DDD 07:23, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Modern

message: Howdy, I just merged some from the German version. Unfortunately, the Germans do tend to assume that people are only interested in reading foreign information in a German context (which pisses off the Wikipedians from Austria to no extent, but I suppose this tangent is gettin a bit long...) Anyway, one of the statements in the German page was that civil unions performed in Germany were not legally valid in Japan. Is it safe to assume that same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships from ANY other country are not recognised, or should I just leave it as stands. samwaltz 20:53, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe so. There is nothing at a nation-wide level. However, some local governments may have passed a resolution to recognize a same-sex marriage and offer some services reserved for "other" marriage. Non-legally, I believe most Japanese will recognize an officially recognized same-sex marriage as having a legal meaning and consider it a marriage. So, the couple will be referred as "Married couple of (surname)". --Revth 07:19, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Confirmation

message: I recently heard that if a married man has sex with another man in Japan it traditionally is not considered cheating. I'm not sure if this is true so I wanted to make sure before posting. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TheRealdeal (talk • contribs) 18:40, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, many closeted bisexual men delude themselves into thinking that in Europe as well! Rsynnott 10:36, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And in the USA. Aristophanes68 (talk) 21:02, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Not considered cheating?

message: Is there any way to find a source for these slang terms? Also, I am very shocked to see "Dondake" not listed. It's very popular right now in Japanese mainstream media. They're even selling keychains now that say "Dondake!" when you press a button. --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 13:16, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Some of the slang terms are in Manga! Manga! by Freidrich (sp?) Schott. I can look them up and get the references in later. --Bluejay Young (talk) 21:36, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Slang

message: A friend just pointed out something to me on line that led me to this page, where it says that there are some Heian diaries that discuss homosexual relationships. I have heard this before, but I don't have the titles. I'd like a source on that, mostly because I want to know which diaries they are in. --Bluejay Young (talk) 21:36, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There are many diaries that contain male love affairs. e.g. 『台記』、『春記』、『小右記』、等々。etc.Hadrianvs et antinovs (talk) 00:30, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you! Is there any way you could translate that? --Bluejay Young (talk) 17:19, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Heian Diaries

message: Would someone post some examples of titles of gei-comi in this or a related thread? It may be a much more obscure genre, but I've found no examples of it beyond this Wiki mention. AtenRa (talk) 16:10, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hm, I already redirected the term here... it's been nearly a year and noone's fixed it though, so maybe a redirect will attract some attention for sourcing? Tyciol (talk) 03:08, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Gei-comi

message: :"(This frequently creates confusion, as, in Japan, the term shōjo-ai does not mean lesbian content; rather, it is used to describe stories with explicit sex between adult men and underaged girls.)
From the anime/manga section of this article. I'm not yet an expert on this subculture, but I've never heard the term shojo-ai used in reference to this. I am only familiar with lolicon being used in reference to this particular subject matter. If this were indeed a synonym, I would think it would be at least mentioned there. Instead, shōjo-ai redirects to the article on Yuri. That article does mention this idea as well:
:"In Japan the term shōjo-ai (少女愛, shōjo-ai? lit. girl love) is not used with this meaning,[6] and instead tends to denote pedophilia, with an equivalent meaning to the English term "girllove".[17] Still, the western use of yuri has broadened in the 2000s, picking up connotations from the Japanese use.[15] American publishing companies such as ALC Publishing and Seven Seas Entertainment have also adopted the Japanese usage of the term to classify their yuri manga publications.[18][19]"
I see a serious problem here though, in only making mention of this in the homosexuality and yuri articles, because it covers a topic broader than a subset of homosexual artistry. It seems sort of 'snuck in' there, and I think whoever has added this should have worked it into other articles that would also pertain to it. I don't know how long it has been there, perhaps it's been around prior to creation of related articles. I'll fact tag that mention like I have this one so we can get some proper sources credited for this alternate slang use. Tyciol (talk) 03:08, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I did some editing on the yuri article and I think your concern has been addressed. But in any case, let's discuss about it there. Kazu-kun (talk) 09:02, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Parenthesis

message: Why is this article called "LGBT in Japan" instead of "Homosexuality in Japan"? A reader not specifically familiar with the English language or United States culture would not necessarily immediately know what "LGBT" stood for, and the article isn't really even about "LGBT" because it's almost entirely about homosexuality, and not "transgender" (and bisexuality is just a subset of homosexuality anyway). This is just totally unnecessary political correctness for the sake of political correctness, but at the cost of the accuracy and readability (especially for non-native English speakers or those not from US/Canada). It might make sense to rename articles about homosexuality in North America this way, especially ones specifically dealing with things like the gay rights movement, but to name international or historical articles this way just seems silly. 71.42.2.154 (talk) 15:09, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I very much second this concern! LGBT includes the term "gay", which refers to a particular homosexual subculture that emerged predominantly in the US in mid-20th century (and later exerted broad influences upon the rest of the world). This term has nothing to do with pre-20th-century Japan that is featured very prominently this article. I would strongly insist on renaming this article to "Homosexuality in Japan", or to another culturally-neutral title. InMemoriamLuangPu (talk) 05:58, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Totally agree, and I've never even understood why they say "LGBT"??? if transsexuality is not a sexual orientation and has nothing to do with homosexuality, and this LGBT term confuses people and makes them think gays are transvestites, and why LG? why "lesbian and gay"? its just HOMOSEXUAL or gay, and does it really offense bisexuals if you dont add a B? Totally ridiculous and unnecesary long politically-correct term. sorry for my english :) --186.59.143.43 (talk) 00:03, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Instead of debating about the acronym itself (does T belong?, etc.), focus on whether this title would be more appropriate to the article if more information on bisexuals and transgendered people were discussed. The reason the page was moved to LGBT in the first place was to make it parallel with numerous other LGBT topics in Country X pages. Is it conceivable that an expansion of this page to include more B and T topics would make the "homosexuality and..." title not inclusive enough? Aristophanes68 (talk) 18:17, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why LGBT? 

message: This section badly needs citations.  It has none, and reads as vague and overgeneralizing. 67.142.173.20 (talk) 01:57, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anime and manga - verifiable? 

message: The material from the old LGBT Topics and Shinto article has been merged into this section, and I wonder if we need to change the name of the section from Monastic same-sex love to the broader Homosexual behavior and Japanese religious traditions. Looking over the section, I'm not sure the discussion of Shinto fits into a section on monasticism. Or maybe we need to separate sections--one on religion in general and one focusing on monasteries? Aristophanes68 (talk) 16:35, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  /* Monastic same-sex love */ name change? 

message: Someone merge-tagged sexual minorities into this article, without discussion. I am starting the discussion. Support merge.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 10:16, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose, on the grounds that the combined article would be rather long and floppy. I'd support reorganizing to make two articles, one on historical conditions and one on modern Japan; that would cut down on redundancy by keeping related material together. Splitting the topics would not significantly impair either article, as the traditional Japanese conceptions of homosexuality have little-to-no relevancy to modern Japanese society. - JRBrown (talk) 02:09, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  merge tag 

message: I'm not sure if this is major enough to warrant a discussion, but I'm putting it here to play it safe.
The link to the Japanese Wikipedia takes you to a page that has very little to do with the articles in the other languages; would it be a good idea to link it to the page :ja:同性愛 (homosexuality) instead, since it has a section on homosexuality in Japan? Nemui10pm (talk) 11:37, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  interlanguage link 

message: Please see discussion at Template talk:LGBT in Japan. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:44, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion of  "yaoi" in LBGT in Japan template 

message: http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/napoleonic_code.html seems to disagree with "in accordance with the Napoleonic Code", and at a glance seems more legit than http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=4126. This isn't my area at all, but I wanted to point out and let you fine gentlecolts make out the heads and the tails of it. I've also added a citation needed to the page next to the offending line.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.212.219.164 (talk) 09:09, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Napoleonic Code? 

message: In the Other section of links, The webpage with URL http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/biborien.htm has moved to the new address http://rictornorton.co.uk/bibliog/biborien.htm  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rictornorton (talk • contribs) 08:51, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other 

message: I recently removed an issue, which I think is resolved, and whoever put that issue up was misguided.Khoor, iljxuh rxw pb qdph xvlqj Fdhvdu Flskhu (Fdoo ph) 03:34, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  I removed two "issues" 

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message: The caption originally read "A man reclines with one wakashū and converses with another." It was later changed to "A man reclines with one wakashū and converses with another while a female onlooker stares." There are clearly only three figures, so the second caption can't be entirely accurate, but I don't know whether the standing person is meant to be male or female. I'm inclined to guess female, since their hair is distinctly different from the wakashu's, but I'm uncertain. I've changed it to not specify, since clearly one editor guessed one way and another guessed the other way, but could anyone clarify?2603:3005:1D00:6000:7D04:118:948A:671C (talk) 23:19, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Male couple on a futon

message: "Nekama" redirects here but the word doesn't appear on the page. I can't figure out how to search old revisions to find it, either. What happened? 2001:4898:80E8:7:0:0:0:500 (talk) 21:25, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is "Nekama"? 

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message: :moving towards a more hostile stance known as nanshoku
a more hostile attitude toward nanshoku, and the attitude was called, wait for it, nanshoku? Confusing. Schissel | Sound the Note! 21:33, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  a more hostile... 

message: I feel like this needs a major re edit. A majority of the pre meiji material is describing pedophilia not homosexuality. Almost all the described material references young/non adult boys. Can someone please look at this? RemoveMYIPplease (talk) 12:10, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Rather hebephilia or ephebophilia than pedophilia. There's also mention of women getting together with those boys, though, and the attempts of detaching the practice from age. Nakonana (talk) 17:40, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: How do I delete this comment I did not know my IP would be visible and would like to not have it visible. RemoveMYIPplease (talk) 19:58, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  See your talk page. QuickQuokka [⁠talk • contribs] 22:08, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should this really be about homosexuality? 

message: I find the title rather problematic as this article  is mainly about male homosexuality. 2A02:908:E844:5460:BEEB:673B:58EC:2A5B (talk) 07:32, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title? - Male Homosexuality