For young people, even if they find a site that doesn’t tell scare stories, it’s mostly the medical side of being LGBT that’s addressed rather than the daily challenges. This means that Japanese kids have to look elsewhere for queer role models. Unfortunately, the portrayal of LGBT characters on Japanese TV isn’t positive and instead they’re often made figures of fun and derided. “There are a lot of gay and trans people on TV shows in Japan, but they're often laughed at,” says Yakushi.
