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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Transgender, elected municipal official, being the first and only such person in Japan to date.
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Transgender, elected municipal official as an independent in the Setagaya ward assembly of Tokyo in 2003 and re-elected in 2007.  The first open LGBTQ person elected in Japan.  Works for various groups: the disabled, single-parent families, homeless people to evening junior high school students, LGBT people and to improve rights for women, children, the elderly.  Committee member for Trans-net Japan (a self-support group for transgender people).  
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://ah-yeah.com/profile_e.html
 
* http://ah-yeah.com/profile_e.html
 
* http://www.fridae.asia/gay-news/2003/04/29/522.transgendered-woman-wins-seat-in-tokyo-assembly
 
* http://www.fridae.asia/gay-news/2003/04/29/522.transgendered-woman-wins-seat-in-tokyo-assembly
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* http://japandailypress.com/tag/aya-kamikawa/
  
 
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Revision as of 14:44, 27 September 2014

Aya Kamikawa

Country

Japan

Birth - Death

1968 -

Occupation

Politics

Description

Transgender, elected municipal official as an independent in the Setagaya ward assembly of Tokyo in 2003 and re-elected in 2007. The first open LGBTQ person elected in Japan. Works for various groups: the disabled, single-parent families, homeless people to evening junior high school students, LGBT people and to improve rights for women, children, the elderly. Committee member for Trans-net Japan (a self-support group for transgender people).

Further Reading/Research


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