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Japan is the most popular country to visit among Taiwanese tourists. But do you know that Japan is the only country among the world’s wealthiest democracies that has not legalized same-sex marriages. And a Netflix reality show hopes to change this. Over ten episodes of “The Boyfriend” will be available in 190 countries beginning on July 9, a group of nine men gather in a luxury beach house outside Tokyo. The content is wholesome and entirely rated in G because the executive producer, said he wanted to “portray same-sex relationships as they really are.” Members from the LGBTQ community have high expectations for the show. Although polls show that more than 70 percent of the Japanese public supports legalizing same-sex unions, gay and transgender people are still subject to discrimination and hate speech. A college professor who has studied Japan’s LGBTQ culture for a long time wonders whether the show will bring about eventual political change though because she said cutesification doesn’t normally bring about radical political reform.

tourist (n.) 遊客

democracy (n.) 民主

not legalized (n.) 未合法

same-sex marriage (n.) 同性婚姻

gather (v.) 聚集

luxury (n.) 豪華的

wholesome (a.) 健康的

entirely (adv.) 徹底的

rated in G (n.) 宜闔家觀賞

executive producer (n.) 執行製作

portray (v.) 描寫

expectation (n.) 期待

polls (n.) 民調

transgender (n.) 跨性別

discrimination (n.) 歧視

hate speech (n.) 帶仇恨的言詞

eventual (a.) 結果的

cutesification (n.) 可愛化

radical (a.) 激進的

political (a.) 政治的

reform (n.) 改革

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