A member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly came out as pansexual during a speech asking Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike about improvements to the partnership system for LGBTQ+ couples.
Yuki Higashi has previously worked as a nurse and now serves in the assembly for the Constitutional Democratic Party, having won her seat in June. She previously served in the Shinagawa ward assembly.
The 36-year-old made the speech at the assembly on December 10, explaining that "I am a member of the sexual minority community." A pansexual is attracted to regardless of their gender (this is treated as distinct ...
