Quote Originally Posted by NealSnow View Post
I said people view it as a mental illness because that's been my exposure to it so different walks of life, most people ive seen talk about rarely is it positive. And I understand what they are asking for, but Japan is the most "non inclusive" place ever as far as social change. They do what they want, and that's that. The odds of it happening are so slim it just isn't a good idea to bring up the topic on an online forum.
Well, a few decades ago (and even today in some countries), being gay is seen/classed as a mental illness, but that’s a pretty ridiculous thing to assume in most developed societies nowadays. Sexuality and identity are different yeah, but if you can’t convince someone that being gay or bi or whatever isn’t a choice/illness then yeah we got no chance at all of convincing those same people of different identities. You may think it’s not a good idea to bring it up, but it’s always worth talking about something that’s not understood much, how else will it ever be more understood if it’s not an idea that’s applied to most mediums of conversation you know? They have gay marriage in this game, so that kind of contradicts your message about Japan’s noninclusivity. If we set them up for failure before they even try to adopt change, then yeah, there really is no point.