Out of Japan
Brian WatsonCharting the intersections between me, Japan, and queerness.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 182 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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Thirteen years ago, in 2013, I was living through a misdiagnosis. I had a psychiatrist who was convinced I was living with morbid anxiety. (It was situational, not morbid, but I wouldn’t realize that until 2015.)
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Is Understanding Queer People a First Step?
A few weeks ago, newspapers in Japan reported on the launch of a new component to education in that country, a syllabus dedicated to understanding those of us living on the rainbow, the spectrum of LGBTQ+ identities.
Designed to alleviate...
When the Muse Strikes
One of the accounts I follow on social media referred today to Yukio Mishima as a gay icon.
First of all, it’s a good thing that Mishima’s widow has died; she was exceedingly litigious and sued anyone who insinuated that the queer Mishima...
When to Visit Japan
And making the most of seasonal challenges
If there’s one thing I miss from my childhood, it’s summer vacation. I have to assume that it was not the best time for my parents, my mother needing to constantly corral my younger and brother an...
Proposal Number Six
On our first date, in 1993, in the thick of a Tōkyō crowd, Hiro clamped onto the hem of my jacket and said, “I don’t want to lose you.”
We debate whether he meant that as a wedding proposal, but the implication — that he never wanted to lo...
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Less he than they and more queer than gay, Brian Watson is an award-winning emerging writer. They share intersections of Japan and queerness in OUT OF JAPAN, their Substack.
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