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Wiki assignment ideas
- Queer anti-urbanism
- I think I can add a paragraph about "queer rural time" based on Soderling's article, Queer Rurality and the Materiality of Time.
- Homonationalism
- Although the concept of homonationalism is a huge discussion in queer studies and activism, the page is very small. Also, as this page focuses on cases in the West, I think it needs to have other cases in non-Western societies; I think I can add some discussions on homonationalism in Japan.
- https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6887040t
- https://www.academia.edu/32192506/Consuming_China_in_Queer_Japan_Homonationalism_and_racialized_desire_in_Japans_gay_sub-culture
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/04/national/media-national/japan-baffled-intricacies-lgbt-issues/#.WsLXTdPOUWp
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/05/21/editorials/ldps-questionable-lgbt-policy/#.WsLYoNPOUWo
- Although the concept of homonationalism is a huge discussion in queer studies and activism, the page is very small. Also, as this page focuses on cases in the West, I think it needs to have other cases in non-Western societies; I think I can add some discussions on homonationalism in Japan.
- Inada Tomomi
- She is one of the most famous Japanese ultra-right politicians who is often criticized for her historical revisionist stance. Interestingly, however, she also has spoken for LGBT communities.
- https://www.ft.com/content/7c27f76c-7482-11e6-b60a-de4532d5ea35
- http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/a-fierce-nationalist-takes-charge-of-japans-defence
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/04/national/media-national/japan-baffled-intricacies-lgbt-issues/#.WsLXTdPOUWp
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/05/21/editorials/ldps-questionable-lgbt-policy/#.WsLYoNPOUWo
- (Japanese) http://megalodon.jp/2016-0505-1055-14/www.fnn-news.com/news/headlines/articles/CONN00323673.html
- She is one of the most famous Japanese ultra-right politicians who is often criticized for her historical revisionist stance. Interestingly, however, she also has spoken for LGBT communities.
Week 12
I assigned myself the article "Homonationalism". I found the page does not have any examples of non-western societies, so I could add a paragraph about homonationalism in Japan. Also, I think I could add some general explanations on homonationalism.
- https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6887040t
- https://www.academia.edu/32192506/Consuming_China_in_Queer_Japan_Homonationalism_and_racialized_desire_in_Japans_gay_sub-culture
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/04/national/media-national/japan-baffled-intricacies-lgbt-issues/#.WsLXTdPOUWp
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/05/21/editorials/ldps-questionable-lgbt-policy/#.WsLYoNPOUWo
Week 13
In 2015, Shibuya Ward passed “Ordinance for Promoting Respect of Gender Equality and Diversity in the Ward” that allows same-sex couples who live in Shibuya “to rent apartments together, and have gained hospital visitation rights as family members, although those rights still have no legal protection in Japan.[1] Shimizu (2015, 5) also expects the ordinance to bring three benefits to same-sex couples: "(1) rental housing within the ward (co-signing of tenancy agreements for municipal/public housing), (2) medical institutions within the ward (hospital visitation and medical decision-making rights as family members), and (3) employment conditions within the ward (e.g. family bene�fits, congratulations and condolence leave)."[2] Shibuya is the first Japanese municipality that passed this kind of ordinance, and other seven municipalities issue same-couple certificates today.[3]
However, Shimizu (2015, 5) points out that the ordinance has three problems of (1) its unclear legal ramifications and it has little legal binding force, (2) its non-equivalence to marriage in inheritance, joint filing of taxes, or social welfare, and (3) its expensive fees of tens of thousands of yen. [2] Regarding its little legal binding force, it is reported that "the ordinance amounts to a moral obligation on Shibuya businesses, which will not be penalised if they do not recognise the certificate" though their names posted on the ward's website if they violate the ordinance.[4] Tokyo Sports reported that some couples would not apply for the certificates because of its expensive fees.[5]
Furthermore, Shibuya Ward is criticized for pinkwashing as “while passing this ordinance, the administration also moved to expel the homeless in Miyashita Park and other parks in the ward.”[2] Pointing out that the mayor of Shibuya Ward in an interview stated that this is not a matter of human rights, but of diversity, Yuri Horie claimed that the term of diversity seems to be used to divide citizens into the good and the bad; it raises only the ones who contribute to the consumeristic society as representer of “diversity of sexuality” while excluding the useless ones.[6]
- ^ McCurry, Justin (2015-11-05). "Same-sex couple receives Japan's first 'partnership' certificate". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ a b c Shimizu, Yudai (Sep. 2015). "Shibuya Wardʼs "Same-sex Partnership Ordinance"" (PDF). CGS Newsletter. 18: 5.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "宮崎）宮大の学生 同性パートナーシップ条例案提出：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ "Tokyo ward certifies 'gay marriage'". BBC News. 2015-03-31. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ "渋谷区の同性婚条例に疑問の声 「費用10万円」申請しないカップルも". 東スポＷeb - 東京スポーツ新聞社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ "「レズビアン」という生き方 キリスト教のなかで「性」や「愛」を考える 大阪聖パウロ教会で講演会（１）". クリスチャントゥデイ (in Japanese). 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2018-04-16.