英米　１年
In the story, I was surprised to hear that the four parts, sex, identity, attraction, and expression can be all different and have no particular sets become I had never thought of that. The speaker said that Japanese accept transgender people and never attack them physically. I can agree with the latter half, but still I sometimes feel that many people in Japan have a prejudiced view of LGBT people and many people say heterosexual cisgender is normal. I think this is because there are no words in Japan that are the equivalents of these words. Maybe it’s a good chance for Japanese students to think about the proper Japanese names for them.

英米　１年
Thank you for Ms.Sakashita’s presentation, it was so impressive.The topic was about “Gender issues” and I have a little bit in common with this, so I would like to write about it. I have a friend who is transgender and he came out when we was a high school students, so the time to come out is the same as Ms. Sakashita’s son. Actually, she was a man and when I heard about it, I was totally surprised. The surprise that I’d been playing with a female, not a male, perfectly broke me down. But I imagined if I were him, I would have been very nervous to come out. But he did it with amazing bravery, so I have to take full care of her about it!! So, I’m still friends with her and keep in touch with her. Thank you for your presentation very much.

英米　１年
Thank you very much for the presentations. Actually, I have experienced something similar to your presentations one time. When I was a high school student, I was talking with my friend and all of a sudden her face turned serious and she began to tell me that she was a lesbian. The first time I heard that fact, I was so surprised and didn’t know what to say to her. However I noticed that she tried really hard to tell me that fact, and I thought it doesn’t matter if she is a lesbian or transgender, she is still my friend. I still love her. So what I want to say is that to trust one’s personality is important, not one’s appearance.

英米　１年
Until your presentation, I was not very familiar with sexual orientation and gender. I believe it is a very fragile subject to talk about. I was inspired by how brave and courageous your son was about coming out to his classmates. The hardships that Richard went through must have been unimaginable. I was also moved by now much he wanted to be true to himself, as well as the friends around him.

英米　１年
These days, I often hear that some day the person who has a LGBTQ gender identity will be accepted in Japan on the news, so this story was very interesting for me. However I don’t know any people who are LGBTQ in my own relationships. Therefore I had little knowledge about gender identity. I knew only about lesbians or gays, but today, I could listen to a real story about a person changes sex, so I think that I could go into the circumstances of translating gender. But now it is not permitted to lesbians change gender identity completely in Japan. Therefore, I hope that Japanese society will be comfortable for people who have LGBTQ gender identity.

フランス　３年
The fact that we need surgery (especially bottom surgery) in Japan to change our gender, but in America no surgery is needed for it, was very shocking. I don’t know why surgery is needed. To make a baby or to not make a baby is an individual right. This Japanese system is pretty much behind that of other countries in those fields. And the kindergarten teacher wrote that “Your child wanted to ~ … but I’m relieved to see that your child danced peach flower …. I thought that this teacher hadn’t about known these problems and should have given your child a chance to become Alibaba.

国際関係　１年
Thank you for a wonderful presentation. I usually don’t feel happy discussing gender issues. Therefore, I was a bit nervous about what kind of presentation I would hear. However, I learnt so much from it and I’m glad I could hear this presentation. What surprised me the most was how brave her son was to come out to his family and friends and how people around him accepted him. I hear many stories in which people who have gender dysphoria are having trouble in many ways all around the world. I really hope every case will become solved like we heard today.

情報　１年
I was really moved by your presentation. I think gender is only a small difference like the color of one’s hair, food preferences, and length of fingers. But, in Japan, people tend to decide a person’s personality by gender identity and sexual orientation. I think we should become generous and we should not regard LGBTQ as strange people. Moreover, I assume that the Japanese government must make laws that allows LGBTQ people to marry freely. It is absolutely a step to words towards an acceptable society.

看護　１年
This presentation was great. Gender identity disorder is an important topic in the world now so I’ve been interested in it for some years.What interested me in her presentation was the definition of gender/sex. I did know the words that meant some kinds of gender but didn’t know details. Her explanation with images made it very easy to understand.And it made me come up with an idea. That is that WE DON’T HAVE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN. I don’t think there are only two genders. People are people. Everyone has their own personality. It was a very good chance to explore what genders/sex are, and what people are. Thankyou!

留学生
Before today’s class. I knew almost nothing about sexual orientation and gender, and it seemed to be far away from my life. Thanks to Ms. Sakashita’s presentation, I know more about the groups and know how to get along with them. And I really think we are all equal, we all have the right to choose what kind of people we want to be and what kind of life we want to live. Not only should we respect others’ lives, we should also respect our minds and follow our hearts.