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Meet Luna, a model living in Tokyo who performs as a drag queen under the name Andromeda. She sits down to talk with us about being queer and transgender in Japan, and why older people keep asking her why being trans is considered an issue
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0:00 Intro
0:45 Meet Andromeda
6:18 Moving to Japan & working at fashion company
11:17 Life in the Japanese fashion industry
12:54 Interest in kimono
17:33 Podcast and LGBTQ activism
22:38 Issues with LGBTQ labels
27:50 Finding community in Japan
35:19 Performing drag in Tokyo
40:46 Start with queer magazine & activism
52:08 Response by Japanese audience
56:09 Why it's important to talk about love
1:00:39 How much work does a magazine take?
1:03:39 How perspective on LGBTQ has changed in Japan
1:06:56 What's next for Luna?
1:08:46 Coming out in public
1:11:01 Why being trans was never an issue in Japan
1:15:18 Where do we stand today?
--Follow Luna:
https://www.instagram.com/luna.andromeda.jp
https://www.instagram.com/moto.iwakan
https://www.tiktok.com/@luna.andromeda.jp
Follow us:https://unpacking.jp/https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japanhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapanhttps://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshortshttps://www.x.com/unpacking_japanhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapanSubscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/
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Meet Luna, a model living in Tokyo who performs as a drag queen under the name Andromeda. She sits down to talk with us about being queer and transgender in Japan, and why older people keep asking her why being trans is considered an issue
--
0:00 Intro
0:45 Meet Andromeda
6:18 Moving to Japan & working at fashion company
11:17 Life in the Japanese fashion industry
12:54 Interest in kimono
17:33 Podcast and LGBTQ activism
22:38 Issues with LGBTQ labels
27:50 Finding community in Japan
35:19 Performing drag in Tokyo
40:46 Start with queer magazine & activism
52:08 Response by Japanese audience
56:09 Why it's important to talk about love
1:00:39 How much work does a magazine take?
1:03:39 How perspective on LGBTQ has changed in Japan
1:06:56 What's next for Luna?
1:08:46 Coming out in public
1:11:01 Why being trans was never an issue in Japan
1:15:18 Where do we stand today?
--Follow Luna:
https://www.instagram.com/luna.andromeda.jp
https://www.instagram.com/moto.iwakan
https://www.tiktok.com/@luna.andromeda.jp
Follow us:https://unpacking.jp/https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japanhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapanhttps://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshortshttps://www.x.com/unpacking_japanhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapanSubscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/

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