Mutual recognition of sexual diversity, aiming for a society that is easy to live in, the 10th annual Pink Dot Okinawa is held for the first time at Palette Shopping Mall in Naha. (23no22)


Splendor of Okinawa: Syringa, roadside Uruma, 22no22


Pink Dot Okinawa (sponsored by a committee of the same name), an event aimed at mutual recognition of sexual diversity in a society where anyone at all can live at ease, was held at Palette Terrace facing Kumoji Intersection in Naha on 20 November.


On its pivotal 10th anniversary, the event was held this year for the first time on Kokusai Dori (International Street), with around 350 visitors from Japan and abroad participating. Pink Dot Okinawa was first held in 2012 and has emerged as the prefecture’s most prestigious among LGBTQ sexual minority awareness events.


On the terrace, around 5,000 people gathered wearing pink clothing, accessories, and such in cultural exchange. At the outdoor event, for the first time in 3 years, enterprises and groups supporting the event’s goals set up booths and there were free consultation booths as well. There were even live performances by artists.


High school health and physical education teacher Yu Motomura (37), who is involved in awareness on the school campus, took the stage for the Let’s Hear our Allies talk session. The “coming out” of close ones and such were discussed.


The parade lasted for about an hour with people along the route waving as the posters, banners, rainbow flags, and such went by. The number of municipalities participating was the largest ever, surpassing 17, along with 60 supporting enterprises and 9 support groups.


Governor Denny Tamaki alluded to the Prefecture’s “Sexual Diversity Respect Declaration; Chura Shima (Ryukuan: Beautiful Island)  Rainbow Color Declaration”. He urged in his message, “We’d like to further advance our work together on pushing for an understanding in common awareness of sexual diversity.”


Original Japanese article: Okinawa Times, published Monday 21no22. Byline: Ai Kudaka

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/3b7693b63db462b72e6c4497673ac0790ff7c4ec


Denny in the News: news about Governor Denny Tamaki.

Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although Okinawa is important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 

  1. This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. 

  2. Any suggestion on improving the translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.

  3. Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses. Names  whose readings are uncertain are rendered as Name (=Kanji?) as in Nagayuki (=長行?). Any corrections in such instances would be gratefully appreciated.

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