ABSTRACT
This chapter illustrates participants’ experiences at home and healthcare services, mental health, assessment of the Japanese Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community, and human rights, as well as the most important problems and possible remedies. It explores participants’ experiences through an intersectional analysis, including sociodemographic characteristics such as gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity, and nationality. Overall, while participants’ experience with healthcare services is limited due largely to the healthcare crisis as a result of the pandemic, their experience at home greatly varies depending on their living situation. For a variety of reasons, many participants said they did not use healthcare services unless it was absolutely necessary. However, a sizable proportion of participants continued to use medical services while the pandemic was ongoing. Their experiences shed light on some of the most significant issues that LGBTQ+ people in Japan have with the healthcare system, which they perceived as being especially difficult during the pandemic.
