Shunsuke Ikezoe’s bravery challenged Japan’s implicit “don’t ask, don’t…

Terrace House’s first member that is openly LGBT Japan’s lack of knowledge toward sexual minorities

By Annelise Giseburt Dec 23, 2018 9 min read

This short article contains spoilers up to episode 38 of Terrace House Opening New D rs.

Since its first in 2012, the primary gas of Netflix and Fuji TV’s reality show Terrace home, which throws together three girls and three dudes in cohabitation, was heterosexual relationships. But in episode 32 regarding the recently finished Part 5 of Opening New D rs, an freely LGBT cast user joined your house when it comes to time that is first.

Meet Shunsuke Ikezoe. He’s 21, lives in Tokyo, and it is learning (thus far, with success) to become a makeup and hair musician. Although he’s been in relationships with women, for the previous couple of years he’s been slowly questioning their sexuality. And he’s started to Terrace home to locate responses.

In Japan, it is no thing that is small be freely queer, aside from on worldwide tv. Read more “Shunsuke Ikezoe’s bravery challenged Japan’s implicit “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.” →