Tobias Waters

In Japan, as in every other society on Earth, homosexuality has been a major part of its history and culture since people first arrived. Indeed,...

Lately, you may have seen that right-wing US Congressman Randy Fine posted a video of two men engaged in pup play, in order to take...

Tokyo’s Top Gay Bar Scene Nichome, Tokyo’s gayborhood in the heart of busy Shinjuku, mere minutes from the busiest commuting railway station in the world,...

For Gay/Yaoi/Boys’ Love (BL) anime, we’re sorry to keep the fellas waiting a little over a month after our run-down of this year’s yuri anime,...

Japan has long been regarded as famously conservative nation, and not without cause. Since 1955, the right-of-center Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has been the ruling...

If there’s one passion that unites any and all fandoms, it’s creating niche vocabulary. It not only helps to clarify things that might not map...

Futch is a lesbian identity or presentation that falls between butch and femme. The term is often used for someone who combines masculine and feminine...

Way back in 2022, a lesbian friend of mine invited me out for a drink to introduce me to her new belle. We had a...

A stud is a masculine-presenting identity rooted specifically in Black lesbian culture. While the term is sometimes used loosely online, it is not simply another...

One of the most controversial literary figures in post-war Japan, Yukio Mishima was undoubtedly a literary genius, and was once on the short-list for the...