The largest study of its kind was undertaken by Yasuharu Hidaka, a professor of social epidemiology at Takarazuka University, last September to December on behalf of Lifenet Insurance Co.
New figures revealed that around quarter of LGBTQ+ people in Japan have had their their sexual orientation or gender identity disclosed to others without their consent.
25.1% of survey participants said they had been outed, with transgender men facing the most discrimination, reporting the majority of cases at 53.6%.
This insightful study interviewed 10,769 participants from teenagers to applicants in their 70s, which led to the conclusion that close to 67% of the respondents felt there had been a meaningful societal shift in attitudes towards LGBTQ+