More and more sexual minority issues have been recently featured on mass media in Japan. The population of sexual minority people is estimated to be approximately a few percent to five percent in every society. This means you probably have about one sexual-minority classmate out of thirty in a school class. Most people in Japan, however, rarely think they HAVE a sexual minority friend or relative.

In this parade, sexual minority people and their allies proudly walk in downtown Osaka. We sincerely hope that the parade will help all people to realize that sexual minority people have been living together with them. And we also hope that our society will become more and more open one enough to respect sexual diversity.