Difference between revisions of "Taiga Ishikawa"
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==Description== | ==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. | + | 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). |
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
Revision as of 21:12, 29 November 2018
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).
