Aya Kamikawa
From QueerBio.com
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).
See Also
- First Out Elected Politicians
- Transgender Politicians
- Community Experts on LGBTQ Housing and Ageing Issues
- Adoption, Parenting and Family Activists for the LGBTQ Community
- School Teachers, Researchers and Education Staff Who Identify as LGBTQ
- Disability and the LGBTQ Community
