Yokoyama came out publicly as a trans man earlier this year, making him the most high-profile athlete in Japan to do so. He played for Japan’s national team in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2019 and moved to the US to play for the Washington Spirit in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). After they came out, president Joe Biden praised both Yokoyama and Las Vegas Raiders’ star Carl Nassib for their “courage”. However, he said, he wasn’t surprised that then-prime minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga did not issue a similar statement. Yokoyama said it was “normal” for Suga “to not say anything”, and said they feel Japan country is “lagging behind the rest of the world” on LGBTQ+ rights. Japan failed to pass legislation that would protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination based on sexual orientation before hosting the Olympics in Tokyo this summer, and in general has been slow to make any progress on LGBTQ+ issues.
Trans Soccer Player Kumi Yokoyama Calls Out Lagging Japanese LGBTQ+ Awareness
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