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‘The Boyfriend,’ Japan’s First Same-Sex Reality Show, Hopes to Normalize LGBTQ Romance in the Country: ‘Hey, They’re Just Like Us’

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Socially-conservative Japan seems to be in no rush to follow its neighbors in East Asia and roll out the pink carpet to the LGBTQ community or recognize same-sex marriages. But where the Japanese entertainment industry is slowly heading, courts and municipal authorities are following. The untroubled July arrival of the country’s first same-sex dating reality show “The Boyfriend,” on streamer Netflix, may be another sign that normalization of queerness in Japan is on the way.
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Entertainment Netflix lgbtq community Features show ‘The Boyfriend,’ Japan’s First Same-Sex Reality Show, Hopes to Normalize LGBTQ Romance in the Country: ‘Hey, They’re Just Like Us’
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Socially-conservative Japan seems to be in no rush to follow its neighbors in East Asia and roll out the pink carpet to the LGBTQ community or recognize same-sex marriages. But where the Japanese entertainment industry is slowly heading, courts and municipal authorities are following. The untroubled July arrival of the country’s first same-sex dating reality show “The Boyfriend,” on streamer Netflix, may be another sign that normalization of queerness in Japan is on the way.
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