Setting up in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward, Japan’s new information centre will be dedicated to raising awareness of community issues and will host a range of events and produce content in an effort to support LGBTQ+ rights.
Pride House Tokyo will be a gigantic first step in creating a progressive LGBTQ+ space, ahead of the Olympic Games in 2021. This effort will bring together 35 NPOs and activists, 14 corporations, and 19 embassies to “secure a place to broadcast information on and by the LGBTQ community”.
The centre was expected to open a year after the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, but due to the strain of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on queer communities, the project was launched earlier.