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Masaki Seto

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On Being Left Out of Conversation as a Non-Native Speaker (or why I’m starting a simple-language…

As someone who grew up in Japan, New Zealand, and the U.S. in my teen years, I have been in the situation many, many times, where I was in…

Mar 22

Me, two of my guy friends, and an old lady with grey hair in an antique furniture store. I’m playing the piano and everyone else is looking at me and my hands.

Mar 22

Detransition? More Like A Sequel To Transition

As someone who used to identify as nonbinary and now considers himself a he, I would like to share with you briefly how I feel about all…

Jul 16, 2024

A wrinkled blue bed sheet with vividly contrasted shadows between each wrinkle.

Jul 16, 2024

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December 7, 2022 — I Am My Life

I don’t remember when was the last time I wrote a journal entry. I used to have a LiveJournal and keep a diary there, jotting down petty…

Dec 6, 2022

I remember you.

A letter to the police officer from a rape survivor

Feb 20, 2022

Being queer in Japan (Q&A)

A couple days ago, a graduate student from France studying journalism, Elina Pernin, interviewed me via e-mail. I asked them if I could…

Feb 8, 2022

LGBTQ+ Representation in Japanese Media (Q&A)

An undergraduate student currently undertaking a class assignment asked me these questions and they kindly gave consent to my sharing their…

Aug 12, 2021

When Rainbow Flags Make It To National Television #Japan #LGBTQ #MISIA

When I started college, there already existed prides and rainbow flags. I didn’t have to create queer spaces to join or queer symbols to…

Jan 10, 2020

When Rainbow Flags Make It To National Television #Japan #LGBTQ #MISIA

Jan 10, 2020

‘Mother’ Is Not All She Is

When we queers are loved and accepted by our families, we often see it as a beautiful thing, maybe even as one of the most desirable…

Sep 24, 2018

Language, culture, and identity — — a translation tip that I learned after watching a lot of Doctor…

Language is a weird thing. It’s external but also integral to our human psyche. By the time you’ve learned to speak, you become situated…

Jun 23, 2018

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Language, culture, and identity — — a translation tip that I learned after watching a lot of Doctor…

Jun 23, 2018

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Queer Theory as a Critique of Society: the Closet and Gay Marriage

A guest lecture at Aoyama Gakuin University

Dec 15, 2017

Queer Theory as a Critique of Society: the Closet and Gay Marriage

Dec 15, 2017

LGBTQ politics in Japan, gay marriage, and sex education

I was interviewed by a student in the UK and here are excerpts from my answers.

Dec 13, 2017

The Monologue of Shizuka Minamoto

An unofficial feminist sequel to Doraemon: Part 1

Oct 24, 2017

If You’re Not To Marry, Everyone Else Makes Sure You Want To Die

For those in the progressive circles who’ve always seen the radical queer left and their anti-(gay)marriage politics as mere hindrance, or…

Feb 24, 2017

If You’re Not To Marry, Everyone Else Makes Sure You Want To Die

Feb 24, 2017

The Privilege To Say ‘I Don’t’

As I was going through the daily routine of browsing Facebook & Twitter, I found a NYT article, Gay Couples, Choosing to Say ‘I Don’t’, the…

Oct 28, 2013

It’s Texas, not America; It’s Scots, not the English; It’s a Black girl, not us Whites; It’s the…

Beaten and burned, a gay man was found dead in Cumnock, Scotland, possibly for being gay, although the attacker’s motive has yet to be…

May 25, 2012

Billy Elliot and Me

From September 8 to 12, I was in London. The flight connecting from Kuala Lumpur to Heathrow, London was delayed for a good 14 hours and me…

Oct 12, 2010