Japan Launches First LGBTI Safe House

 | 
02/12/2019

Japan opened its first LGBTI safe house in Tokyo this week. Nijiiro House supports LGBTI people who have fallen into homelessness due to their sexuality or gender identity. It also offers support for mental health issues and employment. The house mainly helps gay and bisexual men as well as trans and non-binary people Yuta Onaga from Nijiiro House told Gay Star News. ‘They are faced with unemployment, serious financial problems, mental health problems, physical or verbal violence from intimate partner and family, and issues relating to HIV’ Yuta Onaga said. He said they work closely with other organizations to help the guest become financially independent.

Regions:

Share this:

Latest Global News

Added on: 04/25/2024
04/24/2024
A “radical feminist” group called the Women’s Liberation Front, that has helped shape anti-trans laws nationwide, has also played a role in a proposed …
Added on: 04/25/2024
04/24/2024
A UK minister has claimed that Rwanda is a “progressive” country where LGBTQ+ migrants will be safe, despite warnings from queer charities. Illegal migration minister Michael …
Added on: 04/25/2024
04/24/2024
Recent Afrobarometer survey data (Round 8, 2019-2021) paints a stark picture with 86% of Kenyans and 93% of Ghanaians expressing intolerance towards the LGBT community. This …

Explore LGBTQ+ Issues

Other News from

Added on: 04/24/2024
Over the weekend in Japan, 15,000 people took part in the 2024 Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade, one of the biggest LGBTQIA+ events in Southeast …
Added on: 04/22/2024
A decision by a conservative-leaning newspaper in Japan to defy threats and push ahead with the translated publication of a book critical of gender-altering procedures …
Added on: 03/17/2024
In a landmark ruling, the Japanese High Court said that the country’s lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage is “unconstitutional,” the Japan Times …