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Japan’s LGBTQ+ communityLGBTQ+ community – Japan, already marginalized by legal invisibilityLegal invisibility – Japan and cultural stigma, experienced a heightened tension between recognition and risk during the COVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 pandemic – Japan—a dynamic this book frames as precarious visibilityVisibility – precarious visibilityLGBTQ+ visibility – precarious visibility. The pandemic not only amplified structural inequalities—such as workplace discriminationWorkplace discrimination – LGBTQ+ Japan, healthcare exclusion, and family rejection—but also created new forms of digital activismDigital activism – LGBTQ+ and grassroots resilience. Drawing on 137 firsthand narratives, this chapter introduces the book’s central themes and theoretical frameworks, including intersectionality, minority stress, and queer resilienceQueer resilience, to explore how LGBTQ+ individuals in Japan and Japanese LGBTQ+ migrantsLGBTQ+ migrants – Japan abroad navigated a landscape where being visible could mean both empowerment and vulnerability. By situating these narratives within broader sociocultural and legal contexts, the chapter demonstrates how the pandemic exposed systemic failures while simultaneously fostering new modes of solidarity and advocacy. Ultimately, this chapter positions precarious visibilityVisibility – precarious visibility as the lens through which the book interrogates the challenges and possibilities for LGBTQ+ rights in Japan’s post-pandemic future.

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Introduction: LGBTQ+ Lives in Japan During the Pandemic

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    2025年

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  • Masami Tamagawa

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Japan’s LGBTQ+ communityLGBTQ+ community – Japan, already marginalized by legal invisibilityLegal invisibility – Japan and cultural stigma, experienced a heightened tension between recognition and risk during the COVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 pandemic – Japan—a dynamic this book frames as precarious visibilityVisibility – precarious visibilityLGBTQ+ visibility – precarious visibility. The pandemic not only amplified structural inequalities—such as workplace discriminationWorkplace discrimination – LGBTQ+ Japan, healthcare exclusion, and family rejection—but also created new forms of digital activismDigital activism – LGBTQ+ and grassroots resilience. Drawing on 137 firsthand narratives, this chapter introduces the book’s central themes and theoretical frameworks, including intersectionality, minority stress, and queer resilienceQueer resilience, to explore how LGBTQ+ individuals in Japan and Japanese LGBTQ+ migrantsLGBTQ+ migrants – Japan abroad navigated a landscape where being visible could mean both empowerment and vulnerability. By situating these narratives within broader sociocultural and legal contexts, the chapter demonstrates how the pandemic exposed systemic failures while simultaneously fostering new modes of solidarity and advocacy. Ultimately, this chapter positions precarious visibilityVisibility – precarious visibility as the lens through which the book interrogates the challenges and possibilities for LGBTQ+ rights in Japan’s post-pandemic future.