Whenever Shigeyoshi Suzuki, 39, a public elementary school teacher in Tokyo, sees children voicing anti-gay slurs or taunts, he will always put a stop to it and make them aware of the harms of such discrimination.
¡°If your teacher explains (the issues surrounding the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community), consider yourself lucky,¡± Suzuki told The Japan Times in a recent interview.
As advocate for LGBT rights and an openly gay man, Suzuki believes Japan lags behind in gender equality education and calls for a greater support for LGBT-inclusive sex education.
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