Record of our activities | Rainbow Chiba Association

Here is the record of our activities.

Seminar

We learn specialized knowledge related to sexual minority from instructors.

* We describe their titles at the time.

Date	Theme
Mar. 2016	Same-sex partnership ordinances in Shibuya-ku and Setagaya-ku -Learn from advanced cases- Instructor: Taiga Ishikawa (Member of the Toshima-ku assembly) and members of Rainbow Chiba Association
Apr. 2016	Exchange of opinions related to LGBT -Make Chiba city a place where all the people are accepted- Theme 1: Actions taken by Chiba city Instructor: Member from human rights and gender equality division, Chiba city Theme 2: Movement related to LGBT in Japan and international society Instructor: Yoko Kataoka (Professor of education at Chiba University)
June 2016	Actions taken by companies -Lectures about LGBT held in companies in Chiba prefecture and Japanese companies which offer such lectures- Instructor: Satoru Ito (Sukotan Social Service)
July 2016	Marriage system and LGBT -Learn marriage system in Japan from the aspect of Japanese law and discuss same-sex partnership- Instructor: Hiroko Goto (Professor of law at Chiba University)
Sept. 2016	PACS and marriage for all in France -Background and current situation- Instructor: Lawyer who got married to his same-sex partner in France
Dec. 2016	Consultation about difficulties in daily life with a lawyer Instructor: Lawyer who belongs to Chiba bar association
Mar. 2017	History about how transgender people have given their name Instructor: Sachie Tsuruta (Associate professor of literature at Chiba University)
June 2017	Issues of the same-sex partnership ordinances of Shibuya-ku -Focusing of background of enactment- Instructor: Chikako Nishiyama (Part-time Lecturer at Chiba University and Tokyo International University and other universities.)
Aug. 2017	Movement of Japanese government and Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation Instructors: Hiroshi Ikeda (Co-representative of Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation) and Yuichi Kamiya (Chief of the secretariat of Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation)
Oct. 2017	A lawsuit for special permission of residence for same-sex partners (A Japanese and a foreigner) Instructor: The plaintiff of the lawsuit
Oct. 2018	Asexuality Instructors: Nakaken (Asexual person who belongs to a committee of information campaign about asexuality) and Daijiro Miyake (Member of Sukotan Social Service and a committee of information campaign about asexuality)
Dec. 2020	Sport and LGBT Instructor: Jun Mikami (Research student at Graduate School of Human Sciences of Osaka University)
June 2022	Consultation for sexual minorities Instructor: Makiko Kasai (Professor of Naruto University of Education)

Symposium

We organize large-scale events combining keynote speech, panel discussion, etc. every year.

* We describe speakers’ titles at the time.

Date	Theme
Jan. 2016	The 1st LGBT symposium in Chiba city -Toward Chiba city where all the citizens are accepted- Theme 1: Same-sex partnership ordinances in other cities Speaker: Taiga Ishikawa (Member of the Toshima-ku assembly) Theme 2: Basic information about LGBT and difficulties which they confront Speaker: Satoru Ito (Sukotan Social Service) Theme 3: Difficulties of LGBT people which are collected by telephone consultation service Speaker: Mika Asahina (Member of General Incorporated Association Social Inclusion Support Center) Theme 4: Action taken by Chiba city and report to the Congress of Chiba city Speakers: Masayoshi Fuse (Member of the Chiba city council) and Takuma Kamei (Member of the Chiba city council)
Nov. 2016	The 2nd LGBT symposium in Chiba city -Toward society where all the people can live as they are- Keynote speech Speaker: Hiroshi Hase (Former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Report about LGBT friendly actions from several sectors: Group of sexual minority: Satoru Ito (Sukotan Social Service) Private enterprise: Satoru Hori (Director of the human rights promotion Division, AEON CO., LTD.) Labor union: Hiroshi Hayashida (RENGO CHIBA, Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
Dec. 2017	The 3rd LGBT symposium in Chiba city -Toward society where all the people can live as they are- Movie screening: The Case Against 8 Panel discussion: Satoru Ito (Sukotan Social Service) Ken Suzuki (Professor of law at Meiji University) Onoharu (Manager of Rainbow Family) Mayuko Nankawa (Lawyer in Chiba bar association)
Feb. 2019	The 4th LGBT symposium in Chiba city -Civil Partnership- Report Kusuo Tsuneoka (Lawyer in Chiba bar association) Hisao Saito (Chiba Prefectural Surveillance Administration Consultation Center) Panel discussion: Satoru Ito (Sukotan Social Service) Yuki Kaneda (Rainbow Chiba Association) Haruka Kami (Rainbow Chiba Association) Mayuko Nankawa (Lawyer in Chiba bar association) Megumi Momose (Rainbow Chiba Association)
Dec. 2019	The 5th LGBT symposium in Chiba city -Difficulties of LGBT people in Education field- Report Yoko Kataoka (Professor of education at Chiba University) Rie Nakamitsu (Vice-principle of Kashiwa municipal primary school) Megumi Momose (Teacher of Funabashi municipal junior high school) Yume Ezaki (Representative of NFT (nonprofit organization)) Tomoko Karino (A member of LGBT families&friends (nonprofit organization)) Daisuke Nigo (TOMBOW PENCIL CO., LTD.) Panel discussion: Satoru Ito (Sukotan Social Service) Tomoko Karino (A member of LGBT families&friends (nonprofit Yume Ezaki (Representative of NFT (nonprofit organization)) Yoko Kataoka (Professor of education at Chiba University) Haruka Kami (Rainbow Chiba Association) Taro Doi (Lawyer in Chiba bar association) Rie Nakamitsu (Vice-principle of Kashiwa municipal primary school) Megumi Momose (Teacher of Funabashi municipal junior high school)
Nov, Dec, 2021, Jan. 2022	The 6th LGBT symposium in Chiba city　Parenting and School Education for Sexual Minority Children – Achieve schools and society where all the children and the adults can live as they are- Lecture Instructor: Daisuke Watanabe (Associate professor at Center for Research in General Education of Saitama University)

Dispatch of instructors

We dispatched our members as an instructor as below.

Date	Client
Feb. 2016	Seminar held by a group studying issues of poverty in the committee of social welfare of Chiba bar association
Mar. 2016	Seminar held by a group studying issues of poverty in the committee of social welfare of Chiba bar association
Aug. 2016	Seminar held by a group studying issues of poverty in the committee of social welfare of Chiba bar association
Jan. 2017	Seminar held by a group studying issues of young generation in Chiba prefecture (Headed by Hiroko Goto (Professor of law at Chiba University))
Mar. 2017	Seminar held by Partnership Nagareyama (nonprofit organization)
May 2017	Seminar held by the rotary club of Ichikawa
June 2017	Symposium held by UWN Chiba (nonprofit organization)
July 2017	Seminar held by Rainbow Kita-ku
Aug. 2017	Seminar held by a group in Inba district. This group studies education and belongs to Chiba Teacher’s Union. Seminar held by Rainbow Toshima
Oct. 2017	Seminar held by a group studying issues of poverty (Its name is Link (nonprofit organization) currently.)
Dec. 2017	Seminar held by a group studying issues of poverty in the committee of social welfare of Chiba bar association
May 2018	Seminar held by a support center for the poor and needy in Nagareyama city
July 2018	Symposium held by an organization for the poor and needy in Chiba prefecture
Sept. 2018	Lecture for Abiko city officials
Oct. 2018	Class at College of Community and Human Services, Rikkyo University
Nov. 2018	Lecture for Chiba city officials Seminar held by a group studying issues of poverty in the committee of social welfare of Chiba bar association
Dec. 2018	Seminar held by Parent-Teacher Association of Wakaba-ku, Chiba city (Venue was Chiba municipal Omiya junior high school) Seminar held by Koichiro Yamashita (Associate Professor at Shukutoku University)
Feb. 2019	Seminar held by a group studying issues of poverty in the committee of social welfare of Chiba bar association Lecture for Futtsu city council of comprehensive support for persons with disabilities Lecture for Japan Federation of Democratic Medical Institutions
Mar. 2019	Lecture for Narita city council of social welfare Seminar held by Rainbow Kita-ku Lecture for Chiba city council of social welfare
July 2019	Event held by Chiba city center for gender equality
Aug. 2019	Lecture for teachers of Chiba municipal Omori primary school
Nov. 2019	Event held by Chiba city center for gender equality
Jun. 2020	Lecture for Chiba city officials
Dec. 2020	Event held by Chiba City Foundation of Cultural Promotion
Jan. 2021	Event held by citizen activity support division of Sodegaura city
Mar. 2021	Event held by gender equality division of Narashino city
July 2021	Lecture for teachers of Narashino municipal Fujisaki primary school Event held by gender equality division of Narashino city
Aug. 2021	Event held by education center of Sodegaura city Event held by citizen collaboration division of Katori City
Sept. 2021	Event held by Chiba City Foundation of Cultural Promotion Board of education of Narashino city
Oct. 2021	Event held by Chiba City Foundation of Cultural Promotion
Nov. 2021	Event held by gender equality division of Narashino city Lecture for teachers of Sodegaura municipal Showa junior high school
Dec. 2021	Lecture for Chiba city officials
Jan. 2022	Chiba Keizai University
Apr. 2022	Japan Young Lawyers Association,, Chiba branch

Policy proposal

We contribute creation of new system like partnership ordinance as a citizen group.

Date	Theme
June 2016	Submission of a written request to Chiba city council * We submitted request for survey on actions related to LGBT.
Aug. 2016	Meeting over lunch with Chiba city mayor * Eight members from our group joined the meeting and discussed actions taken by Chiba city and difficulties in the field of education. Article by Chiba city: Open the link
Feb. 2017	Submission of a written request to Chiba city mayor * We submitted a request for actions to be taken to the mayor at Chiba city mayor office.
June 2017	Exchange of opinion with New Komeito (Members of the Chiba city council) Exchange of opinion with the group of Funabashi city council members who work on issues related to LGBT
Aug. 2017	Exchange of opinion with Shiminnet Chiba (Political party of the Chiba city council) Exchange of opinion with Japanese Communist Party (Members of the Chiba city council)
Apr. 2018	Submission of petition to the Chiba city council * We submitted a petition about promotion of policies for sexual minority to the council and made a statement. This petition was adopted and was sent to a plenary session.
June 2018	Exchange of opinion with a person from the Administrative Evaluation Bureau of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
July 2018	Exchange of opinion with Chiba city Meeting with Funabashi city mayor and the group of Funabashi city council members who work on issues related to LGBT * We discussed sexual minority people’s difficulties in the field of medical treatment, housing problems, etc.
Aug. 2018	Exchange of opinion with Narashino city Exchange of opinion with Shiminnet Chiba (Political party of the Chiba city council)