Diversity in Gender and Sexuality
In April 2020, " Policies and Guidelines at HU for Respecting Gender and Sexual Diversity: for LGBT+ Students" was enforced in HU, and was updated in April 2023 as “ Policies and Guidelines at HU for Respecting Gender and Sexual Diversity: To be Inclusive of LGBT＋ Students, Faculty and Staff". ReCDI in corporation with other HU institutions such as the Accessibility Center, the Health Service Center, the Harassment Consultation Office, the Gender Equality Promotion Office, and the Vice President in charge of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, wrote the draft for these Policies and Guidelines.
See our leaflet for basic information concerning diversity in gender and sexuality in HU.
ReCDI continues working to help create environment in HU and society in which every member regardless of their gender and sexuality can live with freedom and peace of mind.
Seminars
Body Mapping Workshop For Sexual Minorities
July 13, 2024 10:00-15:00 at the Higashi Senda Campus
With the cooperation of NINA ARICA, a support organization for sexual minorities in Hiroshima, we conducted a body mapping workshop for three gay activists. Although their early years were represented in darker tone, the landscape of their hometown and their first memories were beautifully represented. Their works were exhibited at the Sekohei Art Exhibition 2024.
Body Mapping Workshop For Sexual Minorities
Book and manga exhibit and screening a film concerning Sexual Diversity
June 2024 @ various locations on the Higashi-Hiroshima Campus of Hiroshima University
June, known as “Pride Month,” is the advocacy month for sexual diversity. ReCDI held the following events in cooperation with students to create a campus where sexual diversity is respected.
June 3-28, 2024 @the West Library
Books exhibition
Manga exhibition
June 12, 2024＠Seminar Room A,B,C, 3F, East Library
As the first Souka Café “Sexual Diversity x Campus Life, ReCDI in collaboration with Light, a LGBTs Student Group, screened the film, Kalanchoe(2016) attracting 31 participants, including students and faculty.
Film Screening
Screening a film on Sexuality and Disability
September 26,2023 @K102 Lecture Room, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University Simultaneously @ on-demand public on campus
ReCDI in collaboration with HU LGBTs Student Club, Light, screened the film, No Gender! The Queer Days of an Intersex Cartoonist (2018), in our liberal arts class "Introduction to Diversity". Website: https://seibetsu-movie.com/
Co-sponsored a public seminar on sexual diversity
Co-Hosted Public Seminar on Sexual Diversity
November 8, 2022 @ Hiroshima University & Zoom
Gender Equality Seminar "Reconsidering 'Normal Sexuality'"
Organized by: Gender Equality Promotion Office and ReCDI
Content: Ms. Sakura, a transgender activist and writer, spoke about gender, sexuality, sex, gender identity, and related topics, drawing on her own experiences and on familiar examples such as anime.
Click here for the flyer
Screening a film on Sexuality and Disability
ReCDI in collaboration with HU LGBTs Student Club, Light, screened the film, Ginger & Honey Milk (2021), in our liberal arts class "Introduction to Diversity".
At the same time, it was made available on demand exclusively to members of Hiroshima University on September 21, 2022.
Website: https://mika-imai.com/news/ginger_milk/
Screening a Film featuring Sexual Minorities with Hearing Disabilties
We screened the film Until Rainbow Dawn (2018, JSLTime) in our liberal arts class "Introduction to Diversity".
At the same time, it was made available on demand exclusively to members of Hiroshima University.
On September 22, 2021, 9:00 a.m. ~11:59 p.m. (JST)
Public Seminar on Sexual Diversity
Gender Equality Seminar "Cultivating School Education from Sexual Diversity Perspectives"
Nov. 6, 2020 @Fac. of Integrated Arts and Sciences, HU & Zoom
Organized by the Gender Equality Promotion Office and ReCDI
Dr. Yutaka Mano, who has worked as an openly gay teacher at a public junior high school, and has been engaged in research and education on the theme of "how to teach sexual diversity in schools," spoke about schools today from the perspective of diversity in gender and sexuality.
Screening a Documentary Film on Sexual Diversity
As part of the liberal arts course "Introduction to Diversity," ReCDI screened When I Return to 'Zero' Gender - Nine Years of Sky and Nuts (2019, Musubi Productions) exclusively on HU campus. After the screening, we had a discussion with the main character, Konomi Kobayashi, as our guest.
ReCDI also hosted a closed discussion with Kobayashi inviting activists and researchers in Hiroshima. The participants were as follows:
Kazuya Kawaguchi (Professor, Shudo University)
Atsuki Touyama and Sakura Takahata (co-chairs of "Kokoiro Hiroshima")
Eisuke Jo (Secretary of Hiroshima Branch, Council for Education and Research on Humanity and Sexuality)
Kiriko Sakata (Director of Research Group for Developing Science for Diversity and Inclusion)
Machiko Oike (Director of ReCDI)
Screening LGBTQ＋Documentary Film
Film: I am I (2017, Get in Touch)
on Jan. 24, 2020＠Fac. of Integrated Arts and Sciences, HU
Organized by ReCDI and Student Group Planet Inclusion
Book Display concerning Sexual Diversity
from Jan. 20 to Feb. 7, 2020@Central and West Libraries, HU Organized by ReCDI
Talk Show with Sexual Diversity Activists
Speakers: Atuki Toyoma and Sakura Takahata, kokoiro hiroshima
on Jan. 15, 2020＠Fukuyama Tsu’un Komaru Nigiwai Pavilion, HU
Organized by ReCDI and Student Group Planet Inclusion
Supporting the University Festival Exhibition "Thinking about Gender and Sexuality" (November 2 and 3, 2020 @ HU)
An exhibition concerning gender and sexuality was organized by the student club, Planet Incusion and sponsored by ReCEDI.
Supporting the 2nd LGBT+ Manga Exhibition (October 28-November 8, 2019 @ HU)
The 2nd Manga Exhibition "Diverse Genders Represented in Mangas" was organized by the student club Planet Inclusion and supported by ReCDI
Supporting the 1st LGBT+ Manga Exhibition (July 1-5, 2019 @ HU)
The 1st Manga Exhibition "Diverse Genders Represented in Mangas" was organized by the student club Planet Inclusion and supported by ReCDI On the last day of the exhibition, a "Biblio Battle of Manga concerning Sexuality" was held at Space One-One Cafe.
Public Seminar on Diversity in Gender and Sexuality
Speaker: Jessica Lynn, a Stonewall School Role Model and a Kinsey Institute Global Ambassador at Indiana University
on June 19, 2019@Central Library, HU
Organized by ReCDI and Student Group Planet Inclusion
Supporting Sex Education Seminar for Students (June 7, 2019 @ Event Space Ripple)
Organized by the student club, Planet Inclusion, and supported by ReCDI.
Public Seminar on Diversity and Inclusion in Sexuality
"Trends in Studies on Sexual Diversity and Inclusion—Issues and Debates"
Speakers: Kazuya Kawaguchi (Hiroshima Shudo Univ) and Naoko Adachi (Osaka City Unv)
On Mar. 14, 2019＠Fac. of Integrated Arts and Sciences, HU
Organized by Research Group for Developing Science for Diversity and Inclusion and ReCDI
Research
Consulting for Local Government
ReCDI is providing consulting services to Aki Takata City in 2021 as it implements measures related to gender equality and sexual diversity.
Survey in HU
ReCDI conducted a survey on attitudes toward LGBT and other groups in May-June 2019 and January-February 2020, for first-year undergraduates (except for some, such as night course students) and all faculty and staff at HU.