Japan opens Olympic Pride House in Tokyo ahead of summer games

The staff at Pride House Tokyo Legacy’s opening on Sunday, October 11, 2020.
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Pride House Tokyo, the first permanent LGBTQ center ever established in the five-island nation, opened this Sunday, intentionally on International Coming Out Day.

The Pride House – also entitled “Tokyo Legacy” – was created in partnership with Japanese authorities and Pride House International, in hopes of “taking advantage” of the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, postponed until summer 2021.

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Their opening was an official part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ Programme, making it the first “Pride House” officially recognized by the International Olympics Committee.

“In sport, we are all equal…we therefore welcome that Tokyo 2020 has embedded diversity and inclusion in the Olympic Games model,” IOC President Thomas Bach said in a statement.

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