The 2020 Tokyo Games has been described as the most diverse Olympics yet in terms of participation by sexual minorities, with OutSports reporting a record 179 out LGBTQ athletes taking part.Being LGBTQ "was a big taboo, absolutely!"
Now 73, Masuda is now an out gay man and owner of gay bar "Kusuo", a well-known spot in the city's LGBTQ district Shinjuku Nichome where he once hosted Freddie Mercury, but he had a difficult time as a teenager. But he is delighted to see how things have changed from his childhood, and even improved from the last Games. There are triple the number of out athletes participating in Tokyo than in Rio, according to OutSports, a US-based site."We live in a good world now. We can make choices," he told AFP.
The 43-year-old, who was born male and competed as a man before transitioning, has faced a tsunami of negative social media commentary, and Masuda expressed sympathy as he watched her compete.The Games come at a time when many in Japan's LGBTQ community are pushing for greater rights.
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