JAPANESE: レズビアン / [れずびあん — Rezubian... §§§
§§§) [NOTE: Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫) being a case in point, Japanese society tends to be tolerant if its
gays, lesbians, & bisexuals so long
as they do their duty to family & marry someone of the opposite gender for
the purpose of having a child, & carrying forth the family name. That done, they’re free to do what they want,
just so they don’t shame the family by catching HIV — attitudes toward HIV are
changing, slowly, but still changing, due
to effective drug treatments.]
‡) “Lesbian...” Etym., Eng.
loan word = Lesbian
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