Taiga Ishikawa

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Taiga Ishikawa

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).

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