石川大我議員、さっそく国際的なニュースに。
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=taiga+ishikawa&cp=12&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=nws:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=wn&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=bf1dff1b966fa1ef
日本人としては「the first openly gay politician 」より、「日本首位公開男同志政治人物」のほうがピンとくるな。
中国語では｢首位｣は「最初の」という意味なんだろう。
でも、各紙とも、石坂わたる議員については、完全スルーなのが残念。
一人当選だと、たまたま傑出した人物が現れただけかもしれないけれど、二人当選だと時代のうつりかわりの反映である、というふうに意味も違ってくると思うが。
さらに不可解なのが日本のマスコミ。
完全無視。
http://www.google.co.jp/search?hl=ja&rlz=1T4GPEA_jaJP291JP291&q=%E7%9F%B3%E5%B7%9D%E5%A4%A7%E6%88%91&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=nws:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=wn
ポジティブに考えれば、「同性愛者が当選しても特別なことではない」というふうにとらえているともとれるが、たんに無関心なだけだとすれば、非常に残念である。
http://www.afpbb.com/article/politics/2797241/7135659?utm_source=afpbb&utm_medium=topics&utm_campaign=txt_topics
豊島区議に立候補の石川大我氏、ゲイとして初当選
2011年04月27日 14:10 発信地:東京
【4月27日 AFP】24日に行われた統一地方選挙で、東京・豊島区の区議に社会民主党から立候補した石川大我（Taiga Ishikawa）氏（36）が当選を果たした。同性愛者を公言している候補の当選は、日本では初めてだ。
石川氏は2002年、自伝的な著書『ボクの彼氏はどこにいる？』の中で、自身がゲイであることを告白。NGO「ピアフレンズ（Peer Friends）」を設立し、ゲイの若者層に友だちを作る場を提供するイベントを日本各地で開催している。
2010年からは、社民党の福島みずほ（Mizuho Fukushima）党首の秘書を務めている。石川氏は選挙運動中、セクシュアルマイノリティー（性的少数者）の権利などを訴えていた。(c)AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5isA19W5ebx85Nd68whPT2ygnUtUQ?docId=CNG.ba015f9f35a8eac792b691c19ebf82f3.81
Japan's first openly gay politician hails poll win
(AFP) – 1 day ago
TOKYO — Taiga Ishikawa, the first openly gay politician in Japan to win an election, Tuesday hailed the result as a victory for the rights of sexual minorities.
"I hope my election victory will help our fellows nationwide to have hope for tomorrow, as many of them cannot accept themselves, feel lonely and isolated and even commit suicide," he told AFP.
Ishikawa, 36, won a seat in a Tokyo ward assembly in local elections on Sunday. Prior to his victory, no openly homosexual politician had won office in Japan.
He said he hoped his victory would help lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
"Many LGBTs, or sexual minorities, realise the fact when they are at elementary and junior high schools, many of which are operated by the municipality," Ishikawa said.
"As a ward assembly member, I would like to reinforce support to LGBT children at schools."
Ishikawa disclosed that he is gay in his autobiographical "Boku No Kareshi Wa Doko Ni Iru" (Where Is My Boyfriend?)," published in 2002.
"Many readers of my book told me that they are isolated and the situation I wrote about in the book is so similar to theirs. So I started to host events that offer opportunities to have links with friends," Ishikawa said.
He founded the non-profit organisation "Peer Friends", which hosts events in Japanese cities to provide young gay men with opportunities to meet other gays.
Since February 2010, he has served as a private secretary to Mizuho Fukushima, the leader of the Social Democratic Party, a small opposition group.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110426a9.html
japan times
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
First openly gay candidate wins in Tokyo ward
By NATSUKO FUKUE
Staff writer
OSAKA — Openly gay candidate Taiga Ishikawa won a seat in the Toshima Ward Assembly in Tokyo in Sunday's election, marking a historic first.
Before the 36-year-old writer and activist, no openly gay person had been elected to public office in Japan.
The Toshima race saw 53 candidates vie for 36 seats, according to the ward office.
"I hope this news will give a hope to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people who still feel isolated from the society," said Ishikawa. "I will do my best to make Toshima Ward more friendly to LGBT people, young people and foreigners."
Ishikawa, an advocate of LGBT rights and former secretary to Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima, published the book "Boku no Kareshi wa Doko ni Iru?" ("Where is My Boyfriend?") in 2002 under his real name. In 2004, he founded a nonprofit group that creates chances for LGBT people to make friends.
http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=293482
中央廣播電台
日本首位公開男同志政治人物 當選區議員
時間：2011/4/26 17:26
撰稿‧編輯：張子清 新聞引據： 採訪、法新社
日本首位公開同性戀者身份的政治人物石川大我(Taiga Ishikawa)，今天(26日)在競選總部歡慶當選東京都豐島區議會議員，他在慶功宴上表示，他這次當選代表了性少數團體的勝利。
現年36歲的石川大我，這次是代表社民黨參選，在24日的地方選舉中獲得1,615票支持而當選。
石川大我在接受法新社記者訪問時說：「我希望我這次的當選，能夠讓全國同性戀者對明天充滿希望，這些性少數團體的成員，往往都無法接受自己，感到孤獨、空虛，甚至有時會想自殺。」
石川大我說，他希望自己勝選後，能夠對女同志、男同志、雙性戀者和變性者有一些啟發，並為他們帶來希望。
石川大我原本是一名作家，他曾在2002年出版一本自傳體小說「我的男友在那裡？」(Where is my boyfriend？)中，以真實姓名和第一人稱的角度，講述了自己的成長歷程。
從2010年2月至今，石川大我一直擔任日本社民黨黨魁福島瑞穗的私人秘書。
