Taiga Ishikawa
From QueerBio.com
Country
Japan
Birth - Death
1974 -
Occupation
Politics
Description
One of the first of two openly gay candidates to win an election in Japan, when he was elected in April 2011 to a seat in the Tokyo's Toshima ward assembly. Former Chief of Staff to the head of the Social Democrat Party of Japan. Activist, founder of Peer Friends, a gay male support organization. Came out through his autobiography 'Where is My Boyfriend' (2002). Supporter of same-sex marriage rights. Recipient of the Shivananda Khan Award for Extraordinary Achievement (2018).
