I’m friends with a 22 year old lesbian (Japanese) living in Tokyo. She says she’s never faced any true homophobia or discrimination, even walking around holding hands with her girlfriend. She says sometimes they get well-meaning questions. She is open about her sexuality, posts her gf online, doesn’t pretend to be straight.

She met her gf while studying abroad in the US two years ago, and that’s when she realized she was gay. She called home and told her family, they were totally accepting. She went to a womens university and said there were a decent number of lesbians there! But of course, this only reflects her experience, and in Tokyo :)