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The Importance of Marrying Down the Streets of Tokyo

Fumino is the co-chair of Tokyo Rainbow Pride, alongside Natsumi Yamada and... He says that despite the beard he has now, he once presented as a girl. In fact, he was even a member of Japan's national women's fencing team. Fumino spoke to me about how Japan's Pride event differs from what's done overseas. Overseas, you can block streets off to have these big, kind of, kind of all-type celebrations. Here, though, you have to share the streets of Tokyo's busy traffic.

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