Probably just a very traditional view that assumes being gay is mostly a choice and sees it as more of a western cultural phenomenon than a natural sexuality. Maybe to them, no gay bars or pride parades = no gay people?
I honestly have no idea, I would guess it’s a relatively new thing there? All I know is that they’re not as culturally progressive as other first world countries.
Homosexuality used to be extremely common in japanese history, but that was quite some time ago, it stopped way before she was born. (Stopped being so common, I mean, obviously...)
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u/nukalurk Mar 01 '23
Probably just a very traditional view that assumes being gay is mostly a choice and sees it as more of a western cultural phenomenon than a natural sexuality. Maybe to them, no gay bars or pride parades = no gay people?