For real tho the social and cultural attitude change over there is incredible. I remember when even talking about LGBTQ+ issues were super taboo among the general public, but that’s going away right before our eyes!
Fun fact, the negative attitudes toward LGBTQ+ in China was effectively installed by European colonialism. China was way more accepting of that before Europeans came and forced their own beliefs on them. There was a great SCMP or CGTN (can’t remember which) article detailing the history of LGBTQ+ in China, how it became so taboo in more recent ages, and refuting the Western narrative that Taiwan is a “pioneer” in LGBTQ+ rights in Asia and somehow their legislation is first in Asian history. If anyone knows which article I’m talking about, please link it!
From what I head, Japan was about the same. It wasn’t uncommon for a man (usually a warrior) to marry just because they had to make an heir, but to have a male partner back in the feudal Japan. A lot of cultures were like that pre-Europe.
As I told my fiance (he’s German) once: “Europeans had some kind of reverse-Midas Touch; every single civilization you guys touched, it turned into shit.”
For real tho the social and cultural attitude change over there is incredible. I remember when even talking about LGBTQ+ issues were super taboo among the general public, but that’s going away right before our eyes!
Fun fact, the negative attitudes toward LGBTQ+ in China was effectively installed by European colonialism. China was way more accepting of that before Europeans came and forced their own beliefs on them. There was a great SCMP or CGTN (can’t remember which) article detailing the history of LGBTQ+ in China, how it became so taboo in more recent ages, and refuting the Western narrative that Taiwan is a “pioneer” in LGBTQ+ rights in Asia and somehow their legislation is first in Asian history. If anyone knows which article I’m talking about, please link it!
From what I head, Japan was about the same. It wasn’t uncommon for a man (usually a warrior) to marry just because they had to make an heir, but to have a male partner back in the feudal Japan. A lot of cultures were like that pre-Europe.
As I told my fiance (he’s German) once: “Europeans had some kind of reverse-Midas Touch; every single civilization you guys touched, it turned into shit.”