According to a survey conducted between November and December 2019 about diversity in the workplace in Japan, a majority of respondents across all surveyed sexual identities stated not to be opposed to working with someone identifying as gay. The highest share of respondents feeling reluctant towards working together with a person identifying as gay were cisgender heterosexual respondents without any LGBT acquaintances.
People's feelings about working with someone who identifies as gay in Japan in 2019
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There is a reluctance
There is a slight reluctance
There is not really a reluctance
There is no reluctance
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Original question: "Are you opposed to working with someone identifying as gay?".
The source specifies that all respondents apart from transgender respondents are cisgender, meaning that their sex assigned at birth matches their gender identity.
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MHLW (Japan). (September 16, 2020). People's feelings about working with someone who identifies as gay in Japan in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183726/japan-acceptance-gay-individuals-workplace/
MHLW (Japan). "People's feelings about working with someone who identifies as gay in Japan in 2019." Chart. September 16, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183726/japan-acceptance-gay-individuals-workplace/
MHLW (Japan). (2020). People's feelings about working with someone who identifies as gay in Japan in 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183726/japan-acceptance-gay-individuals-workplace/
MHLW (Japan). "People's Feelings about Working with Someone Who Identifies as Gay in Japan in 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183726/japan-acceptance-gay-individuals-workplace/
MHLW (Japan), People's feelings about working with someone who identifies as gay in Japan in 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183726/japan-acceptance-gay-individuals-workplace/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
People's feelings about working with someone who identifies as gay in Japan in 2019 [Graph], MHLW (Japan), September 16, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183726/japan-acceptance-gay-individuals-workplace/