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| The leaflet made by the Yamagata Gender Equality Center (a.k.a. Fala). Nov. 2, 2020, Yamagata City. Photo taken by Nanami Hidaka. |
What does LGBT and SOGI mean?
The Yamagata Gender Equality Center (Fala) created a pamphlet for the first time to spread awareness about gender and sexual minorities for those living in Yamagata city. People can grab a copy at the municipal office and Fala. The person in charge claimed, "It would be great if everyone knew and understood that there is a diversity of people out there." 【Nanami Hidaka】
LGBT is an acronym that stands for Lesbians (women attracted to women), Gay (men attracted to men), Bisexual (people attracted to 2 or more genders), and Transgender (people who don't identify with their assigned gender at birth). SOGI stands for Sexual Orientation, which means one's attraction to a certain or multiple genders, and Gender Identity, which is how someone perceives themselves.
Fala started their initiative to promote understanding of sexual and gender minorities since 2016. In 2019, they had help from city officials and teaching staff who are well connected with the citizens and younger students to spread awareness. They created an LGBT support handbook for them and held workshops with associate professors from the university.
They made a leaflet in order to expand people's understanding of the topic. The pamphlet is an A4-trifold, which is easy to pick up, and decorated with illustrations on glossy paper.
It also gives advice on being careful about different things such as hurting people when one casually remarks, "You're too soft to be a man!" in an ordinary conversation, or when one might out an individual to someone else without their permission. Fala plans to hold a workshop for citizens next year. The person in charge said, "We want people who are on the receiving end of people coming out to understand more, such as not outing the person to someone else. We want to continue publishing these leaflets."
Source: https://mainichi.jp/articles/20201106/k00/00m/040/031000c
LGBT is an acronym that stands for Lesbians (women attracted to women), Gay (men attracted to men), Bisexual (people attracted to 2 or more genders), and Transgender (people who don't identify with their assigned gender at birth). SOGI stands for Sexual Orientation, which means one's attraction to a certain or multiple genders, and Gender Identity, which is how someone perceives themselves.
Fala started their initiative to promote understanding of sexual and gender minorities since 2016. In 2019, they had help from city officials and teaching staff who are well connected with the citizens and younger students to spread awareness. They created an LGBT support handbook for them and held workshops with associate professors from the university.
They made a leaflet in order to expand people's understanding of the topic. The pamphlet is an A4-trifold, which is easy to pick up, and decorated with illustrations on glossy paper.
It also gives advice on being careful about different things such as hurting people when one casually remarks, "You're too soft to be a man!" in an ordinary conversation, or when one might out an individual to someone else without their permission. Fala plans to hold a workshop for citizens next year. The person in charge said, "We want people who are on the receiving end of people coming out to understand more, such as not outing the person to someone else. We want to continue publishing these leaflets."
Source: https://mainichi.jp/articles/20201106/k00/00m/040/031000c
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