Forum - View topicINTEREST: Kingdom Hearts, Evangelion Singer Hikaru Utada Comes Out as Non-Binary
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Kakegurui
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Love Utada. (And ayumi hamasaki)
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fathomlessblue
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Good for them
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Kakegurui
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So happy for Utada! Happy Pride month. This is so important for LGBTs in Japan because they don't have many representations. |
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pachy_boy
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Would never have expected this--but fully supportive!
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Hellsoldier
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All Power to Hikaru Utada. All their opponents can take a hike.
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TsukasaElkKite
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This is fantastic! I wish them the best!
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SHD
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Anyway, this is pretty cool - non-binary folks got a pretty high profile representation in Utada. By the way, according to the source, this also happened:
That is, Utada pointed at the teddy plushie in the background and said 'His name is Kuma-chan, and he is gay.'" 
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ErikaD.D
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No offense but am I noticed the majority of non-binary people are formerly women (based on public figures)?
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Bonham
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That's awesome news! Really happy for them. Someone as well known and received as them coming out has to be a real source of comfort and inspiration for others (especially in Japan) working through their own identities, as well as those not out yet.
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Zeino
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Hikaru Utada can be whatever they want to be and they'll still be one of Japan's best music artists and anyone who says otherwise is being a bigot.
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09jcg
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The interesting thing about this is that they were actually born and raised in the US. I wonder if that background is why they have both a unique feel to their music and an outspokenness that seems uncommon in Japanese media.
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FireChick
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Congrats for coming out, Utada-san! Here's hoping their music career continues to be as good as it's always been.
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Megiddo
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Huh, Utada seems to be more annoyed by the Ms/Mrs thing than anything about gender, but hey, Mx seems to work I guess. Seeing "they" used to refer to a singular person though always strikes me as very cold and disrespectful funny enough, almost as bad as if it were "it".
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skemono
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Yeah, that happened. People on Twitter have been sharing the clip: https://twitter.com/hatesgreen/status/1408805320403587081 |
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lossthief
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Since this has come up multiple times from seemingly well-meaning folks, just a reminder that generally the English pronouns for a non-binary person are the singular They/Them/Their. Obviously folks can approve of different ones for themselves, but to my knowledge Utada hasn't publicly mentioned if they're comfortable or okay with still using She/Her. Obviously it can take some time to readjust what language you use to discuss or refer to a person on the fly, but do keep it in mind since there are already some people trying to be passive aggressive by using strictly feminine pronouns in this thread.
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