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Japanese LGBTQ+ Magazines
Collection of magazines published in Japan by and for the LGBTQ+ communities. The collection currently consists of 25 periodicals published between 1952 to 2019. It includes several rare titles of members-only publications, community magazines for crossdressers as well as magazines of sexual customs that predate Japan's first commercially circulated gay magazine Barazoku.Format(s): Serials
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Lesbian and bisexual women's magazine: アニース (Anise)
Lesbian magazine: カーミラ (Carmilla)
Lesbian magazine: Novia novia magazine
Lesbian magazine: フリーネ (Phryné)
Gay magazine:アドン (Adon)
Gay magazine:アドニス (Adonis)
Gay magazine: Badi
Gay magazine: 薔薇 (Bara)
Gay magazine: 薔薇族 (Barazoku)
Gay magazine: 同好 (Dōkō)
Gay magazine: G-men
Gay magazine: Man
Gay magazine: MLMW
Gay magazine: さぶ (Sabu)
Gay magazine: The Gay
Transgender magazine: ひまわり (Himawari)
Transgender magazine: LapH
Transgender magazine: くいーん (Kuīn)
Transgender magazine: Like
Transgender magazine: ライクボーイ (Like boy)
Transgender magazine: ぱれっと・めいと (Paretto meito)
LGBTQ+ oriented magazine: 風俗奇譚 (Fūzoku kitan)
LGBTQ+ oriented magazine: クィア・ジャパン (Queer Japan)
LGBTQ+ oriented magazine: 風俗科学 (Fūzoku kagaku)
LGBTQ+ oriented magazine: Win