Newsletter 018

Prefatory Note
Creating a Safe and Comfortable Space
Natsumi IKOMA
Director, CGS

News from ICU
Do You Know About the Special Counseling Room for Gender and Sexuality at ICU?
Yoshimi TAKADA
Advisor, Special Counseling Room for Gender and Sexuality;
ICU graduate (1985)

My Views on Coming Out: Beyond the Illusion of Understanding
Soichi
ICU graduate (2015)

News from Japan
Will Women Shine if Toilets Shine?: The Abe Government's Convoluted "Womenomics"
Tomomi YAMAGUCHI
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Montana State University; ICU graduate (1990)

Shibuya Ward's "Same-sex Partnership Ordinance"
Yudai SHIMIZU
Ampersand Administrative Scrivener Office; ICU graduate (2005)

Features : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Eugenic Laws and the Criminalization of Abortion in Japan
OHASHI Yukako
SOSHIREN, freelance writer and editor; part-time university lecturer

The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women with Disabilities
Tomoko YONEZU
DPI Women's Network Japan

News from Asia
Sexuality and Social Movements in China: Strategies of "Avoidance" and "Activism"
Genya FUKUNAGA
East Asia Queer Film Project