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Made up of both Japanese and international members, the book club was started as a way to build up a community to discuss queer and queer-related literature.

Best yet, when budgeted correctly, most queer residents in these gay cities can quickly jet to the uber urbans with the click of their heels. Tokyo Queer Collective TQC is a bilingual events group — soon to be a space — which began as a way to build a strong queer community in Tokyo.

The gallery and events space opened in and works as a gathering place for social and political discussions promoted through exhibitions and communal events. Members are free to join and move between groups as they wish. The bookstore mainly stocks queer literature in Japanese and English from minority communities in Asia and beyond.

Anyone attending the events is given a platform to voice opinions and ideas in a productive manner.

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In this article, we will list 25 affordable gay-friendly cities in the US. According to a US Census Bureau report, there were nearly a million homosexual households in in the United States. Rather than a back-patting community, this is a place to challenge, debate and provoke ideas into action.

Its own publishing arm produces products including Trailer Magazinea bilingual zine that covers the queer scene around Tokyo. The Datsuijo vibe is casual, with audiences encouraged to relax, share their thoughts and feel a sense of belonging. Popular among students and the queer community alike, it features a karaoke night and live music events.

Whether you live in Tokyo or are just visiting as a queer person or allycheck out some of the groups below.

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Alongside its bi-annual magazine, it also hosts events and a podcast addressing issues such as gender conformity and societal norms in a Japanese context. Spreading out into the big city, loud, proud, the community is growing by the day.

At previous events, donations have been made to Minna no Gohan, a nonprofit organization that provides meals for homeless people around the city. The collective is currently recruiting volunteers to help establish its own space, Nam Namnear Noborito Station.

The magazine started as a way to address the lack of representation in the realm of queer content creation in the Tokyo queer scene. The name pays homage to the famed bathhouse-turned-gallery located close to the venue, while also conveying the mission of Datsuijo, which is to provide an intimate space for discussion.

The queer, feminist and gender-related online bookstore and library, Loneliness Books, began as a stall at Tokyo Rainbow Pride back in Owner Yo Katami was inspired by similar stands at pride events in South Korea and Taiwan and had the idea to share Asian queer literature and zines at the Tokyo parade.

Datsuijo has also hosted group dinners and movie nights, coinciding with its theme of queer and anti-establishment communality. Reading the book beforehand is advised but not necessary. In addition to book club meetings, the group has a magazine in the works, featuring contributions from its members.

Each session sees groups split into English and Japanese before converging to exchange thoughts at the end. One of the longest-running English language drag shows in Tokyo celebrated its 10th year in The group champions gender subversive entertainment and since its inception has expanded into the realm of comedy.

Hosting a variety of evening and late-night parties, visitors can expect events to be rowdy and fun. We looked well past the big coastal cities famous for their thriving gay. Datsuijo is located in a renovated akiya vacant house in Yanaka and is run by a collective of curators, researchers, translators and artists.