"「非正規滞在者」は、外国人行政によって「生み出されている」。記事にあるように「入管庁の難民認定基準は国際比較で極端に厳しく、難民認定されず在留資格を失っても「命の危険があって怖くて帰れない」と帰国できない人も多い。技能実習生が受け入れ先で暴力を振るわれ逃げ出すケースも絶えない」ということによって、非正規滞在者は「生み出されている」のだ。 　つまり、非正規滞在者を自ら増やしておいて「減らす努力をしています」とアピールしているのが入管だ。" sarutora.hatenablog.com/entry/2026/0...

煮て食う（強制送還）か焼いて食う（無期限収容）しか能がない入管は解体せよ - 猿虎日記

「強制送還倍増計画」数値達成自体が目標になっていないか 以前は説得に応じない人だけだったのに」「東京新聞」2026年9月5日 東京出入国在留管理局（東京入管）が今夏、帰国の意思を示し航空券も購入していたトルコ出身のクルド人家族などを、強制送還していたことが分かった。政府は非正規滞在者を対象にした「ゼロプラン」で、国費による強制送還の人数を倍増させるとしているが、支援関係者からは、数値目標や予算消化...

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「こども性暴力防止法」は、何を「防止」するのか　――犯罪歴確認以外に考えておきたい不安なこと（岡田実穂）｜レイプクライシス・ネットワーク

「こども性暴力防止法」と銘打つのであれば、必要なのは性暴力についての知識を「従事者」に伝えることだけではない。性暴力が発生しにくく、発生しても隠蔽・継続されにくい場所とはどのようなものかを具体化し、組織の体制、職場環境、権力関係、相談や情報共有の仕組みそのものを評価することも含まれるはずである。 研修や相談体制を整えることは、組織として性暴力に対応する意思表示となり、予防にもつながる。しかし、そ...

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【拡散希望】小山エミさん（emigrl／エミコヤマ／Macska）の生前の文章を2000点以上集めたアーカイブサイトを、米国のご家族の許可を得て山口智美さん @tomomiyg.bsky.social と発足しました。 膨大な量のエミさんの知識や思想がここにまとまっています。 フェミニズムやクィア政治に限らず、社会問題を考える人にとって必見のものばかりです。 ぜひ多くの方に広めてください。 koyamaemi.wordpress.com

Xが凍結されてしまい、それではということでニュースレターでの発信をメインにしようとしているのだけれど、インスタとかスレッズとかBlueskyとかをどうしようか迷っている。これを機に全てのSNSから距離を取っちゃおうかという気持ちにもなっているんだけれど、それが正解なのかどうか。インスタとBlueskyは多分結構フィルターバブル的な空間になりがちだし、一方でThreadsは容易にバブルを貫通してしまうので、どちらも両極端なんだよな。（と早速Blueskyに投稿している。）

New podcast episode! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DndY...

[031] Instant Crushes and Ungendered Attraction | 一目惚れと中性的な魅力 #社会派英会話

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When writers are beginning to claim AI-generated text as *their* writing, when by extension literature is considered by many somewhat achievable via AI, and when the contours of human creativity against AI translation get blurred day by day, the only thing human that still holds literary value will

I've been thinking about differences between exophonic writing and translated work originally written in the author's native tongue. Those are vastly distinct experiences to the writer themself but to the reader…? Would it bear any meaning today for writing to be done exophonically?

In our latest episode, Kinoko and I talked about Burning Man's sex domes, radical consent, and the Temple of Loss. open.spotify.com/show/5BhOb5e...

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Podcast · Masaki Seto · This podcasts features Japanese queer writer and ESL educator Masaki Seto and his fellow queer ESL speakers, mostly from/based in Japan, discussing social justice and a variety...

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On Queers with Accents Podcast, Kinoko @kinoko1027.bsky.social and I invited Kasumi Nakamura aka Rero-san @rero70.bsky.social, sociologist of gender and pop culture, to join our discussion on quoiromanticism polyamory, and what makes a relationship "romantic."

Kinoko and I talked about polyamory vs. cheating, demisexuality and physical attraction, fluid sexuality, etc. in our latest podcast episode. Full episode on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3bpC...

"The Japanese government spent three years on this policy, and it's still half-assed—and even that's drawn transphobic backlash from anti-LGBTQ groups claiming it'll let men into women's bathrooms." news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/artic...

3年放置して不十分。LGBT理解増進「基本計画」が閣議決定（松岡宗嗣） - エキスパート - Yahoo!ニュース

LGBT理解増進法の基本計画が16日、閣議決定された。2023年6月に同法が施行されてから、もうすぐ3年が経とうとしている。基本計画とは、法律に基づき具体的に国や自治体、事業者等がどんな施策を行うかを

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I'm still processing the passing of my friend Emi Koyama. As soon as I learned she'd been diagnosed with cancer I promised her I'd visit her in Seattle sometime this summer. I got a new passport just a couple weeks ago just for this plan (that's how long it's been since my last international trip).

I started a podcast series with my ESL student, Kinoko, where we share with you video recordings of our lessons. Kinoko's ESL Lesson 004 - The pressure to fit in and finding energy in our own way progreztribe.substack.com/p/kinokos-es...

Kinoko's ESL Lesson 004 - The pressure to fit in and finding energy in our own way

Join Kinoko-san, author of I Have Two Partners: Living the Polyamorous Life, and me as we share our lessons in podcast form — talking about various topics in English.

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I'm doing a little queer-themed pop-up café/bar in Ueno on Sunday October 19 from 3PM through 10PM. The venue is Deaf Bar SELF (3rd floor, 7-10-5 Ueno, Tokyo). masakichitose.theletter.jp/posts/13d326...

来て！10月19日(日)の午後〜夜、上野でクィアカフェ＆バー営業します

自分をクィアだと思う人もそうでない人も関係なく、この世の中でなんとなくみんなが意識させられてる性の決まりごとについて疑問の心を持つ人だったら誰でも大歓迎です。

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The Danchi Queer - a podcast where queer essayist Masaki Seto from Japan talks about his life in Japan. My first episode is about Sanseito and how Japan has always been xenophobic anyway. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

It always feels awkward when someone believes they have been wronged but in fact they have only misunderstood the grammar or expression because it's their second language. When I was in college, a friend of mine took issue with what they perceived to be a reference to "Jews" in /

Why would I “come out” of the closet that I never went into?

Bisexual people are bisexual no matter who we date, fuck, or marry.

Friend: Someone told me Discord is like Slack but for younger people. Me: That's micro-aggression.

A quick overview of xenophobia in post-WWII Japan

Is Sanseito's xenophobia anything new? - a quick overview of xenophobia in post-war Japan www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDkB... The vlogging footage is from when I took a long walk in residential Saitama on a hot summer day.

【英語Vlog】日本の排外主義は「新しい」現象なのか【英語×社会正義】

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[New vlog] The election results (san'insen) and the rise of the far-right, fascist Sanseito are depressing, but should we be surprised? Is Sanseito's xenophobia anything new? - a quick overview of xenophobia in post-war Japan www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDkB...

A new video on how we should spend less time trying to be present everywhere and thus spreading ourselves too thin, and instead put in more time into crafting things that we love creating. YouTube (with English subtitles) www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Qr...

I subtitled queer Sci-Fi anime Lost Stars Planet masakicm.medium.com/i-subtitled-...

I subtitled queer Sci-Fi anime Lost Stars Planet

I totally forgot to share this but there is an anime mini-series that I contributed English subtitles to, and it’s available on YouTube!

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Our upcoming event is about nonbinary identities! With Prof. Kyoko Takeuchi @kyokotakeuchi.bsky.social, we will talk about what it means to be nonbinary in Japan and how terms like X-gender have evolved. progreztribe20250615.peatix.com

History of Nonbinary Gender Identities in Japan (Guest: Kyoko Takeuchi, author of _Living Nonbinary: A History of the Categorization of Gender/Sexual Minorities_)

ProgrezTribe will invite Professor Kyoko Takeuchi (Kwansei Gakuin University) to talk with...

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#ProgrezTribe is a politically progressive Discord server where social issues are discussed in simple language, in either Japanese or English. If you're learning Japanese, join our conversations about queer/feminist politics etc. in simple Japanese! discord.gg/jq7Tt8bsSR

Is my mom a TERF? - An interview with a Japanese feminist mother on sexism youtube.com/watch?v=qneO... I went to interview my mother in Gunma, Japan to discuss her life as a woman in Japan. We talked about her past, feminism, intersectionality, transphobia, etc.