More Than Pride: Japan's Turning Point for LGBTQ+ Rights

Source: Global VoicesTokyo's Rainbow Pride festival this June has become more than a celebratory festival of visibility. The atmosphere is now electrified as the Japanese Supreme Court is expected to issue its first unified constitutional ruling on same-sex marriage, and LGBTQ+ communities are taking to the streets to push for equal rights to marriage with the slogan: "May love prevail in the Supreme Court" (最高裁で愛が勝つ).