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	<title>Comments on: Ringing in the New Year at a gay bar in Tokyo</title>
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		<title>By: Zhealy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zhealy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is an interesting topic.

The gay issue is far from being as generaly accepted as in France, for instance.

I thought exactly the same thing than kovert. But maybe Hiroki san did it in purpose. 

He phoned and showed that he wanted to try his best to do his coming out, so he may feel relieved. He told his secret, and that is probably the most important act to him.

What surprises me is that he makes himself up when working in the bar, whereas on the outside, nothing indicates his sexual choices. 

Being gay in Japan seems to mean neither looking like a man, nor like a woman. This transexuality lefts me with a weird feeling. 

I&#039;ve got the impression that there is a lot of work to do in Japan before the single fact that one can be gay will be tolereated.

The social aspect in Japan is really interesting to me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an interesting topic.</p>
<p>The gay issue is far from being as generaly accepted as in France, for instance.</p>
<p>I thought exactly the same thing than kovert. But maybe Hiroki san did it in purpose. </p>
<p>He phoned and showed that he wanted to try his best to do his coming out, so he may feel relieved. He told his secret, and that is probably the most important act to him.</p>
<p>What surprises me is that he makes himself up when working in the bar, whereas on the outside, nothing indicates his sexual choices. </p>
<p>Being gay in Japan seems to mean neither looking like a man, nor like a woman. This transexuality lefts me with a weird feeling. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve got the impression that there is a lot of work to do in Japan before the single fact that one can be gay will be tolereated.</p>
<p>The social aspect in Japan is really interesting to me.</p>
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		<title>By: _kovert</title>
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		<dc:creator>_kovert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t really have any idea what was said in the clip but according to the English description he is worried about the day he will have to come out to his father. Isn&#039;t that day pretty much the day that this aired on television? And I mean now it&#039;s on the internet, surely someone will see it and his old man will find out. maybe I am missing something but this seems quite obvious to me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t really have any idea what was said in the clip but according to the English description he is worried about the day he will have to come out to his father. Isn&#8217;t that day pretty much the day that this aired on television? And I mean now it&#8217;s on the internet, surely someone will see it and his old man will find out. maybe I am missing something but this seems quite obvious to me.</p>
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		<title>By: stupidgit</title>
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		<dc:creator>stupidgit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for posting videos like these.  It&#039;s interesting to see stories like this, as well as to practice my listening comprehension.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for posting videos like these.  It&#8217;s interesting to see stories like this, as well as to practice my listening comprehension.</p>
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