By Takashi Mochizuki
Two years after the ?It Gets Better Project??was launched in the U.S., Japan is following with its own attempt to ease pressures on LGBT youth.
?We will begin our move on Sept. 10, which is the day of World Health
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Organization?s World Suicide Prevention Day, and will aim to save as many sexual minority youth as possible by delivering our message that it?s OK,? said Fumino Sugiyama, a co-founder of the project.
The campaign comes amid growing attention to gay culture ? and the surrounding pressures ? in Japan. Last week, the Japanese government mentioned for the first time in its annual national policy to prevent suicide the need to offer special support for the gay community. ?In response to the government?s move, Taiga Ishikawa, a member of Tokyo?s Toshima ward assembly, set up an online ?LGBT community.
In the U.S., President Barack Obama and Lady Gaga have joined the ?It Gets Better? campaign. Many Japanese celebrities have signed up for?their country?s version, including novelist Ira Ishida and two-time Olympic fencing medalist Yuki Ota, while pop stars are preparing songs for the project, said Mr. Sugiyama.
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