Sport

LGBTQI collective, activists in Japan join forces to make Tokyo 2020 diverse, inclusive

Tokyo, Jun 28 (EFE).- An LGBTQI collective in Japan is joining forces with activists, athletes and volunteers to make the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games one of diversity and inclusivity in a country where gay and trans rights trail behind other developed nations.“I’m a lesbian, and I never thought I’d make that confession in front of hundreds of people,” Yuri Igarashi tells the camera at Pride House Tokyo, one of the first LGBTQI spaces in Japan.Some 430 Tokyo 2020 volunteers tune into the online training course on diversity. (Camera: MARÍA ROLDÁN).SHOT LIST: A TALK ABOUT LGBTQI RIGHTS AT PRIDE HOUSE TOKYO IN TOKYO, JAPAN.SOUND BITES: GON MATSUNAKA, HEAD OF PRIDE HOUSE TOKYO AND MINORI TOKIEDA, TRANSGENDER MEMBER OF PRIDE HOUSE TOKYO (IN JAPANESE).TRANSLATIONS:1. GON MATSUNAKA, HEAD OF PRIDE HOUSE TOKYO.- The situation with the pandemic is complicated amid doubts as to whether they should be held at all, but if the Tokyo Games do go ahead it will be an opportunity for change in Japan and to inform the world about our collective. 2. MINORI TOKIEDA, TRANSGENDER MEMBER OF PRIDE HOUSE TOKYO.- The history of sport advances in rights and leaves discrimination behind. The Olympics advocate equality and are a good platform to give out the best by being oneself.