Maki Muraki | |
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Born | Maki Muraki 1974 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Kyoto University |
Occupation | LGBT activist |
Maki Muraki (村木 真紀, Muraki Maki, born 1974) is a Japanese LGBT activist. She is the head of the Osaka-based Japanese LGBT rights organization, Nijiiro ("Rainbow") Diversity. [1] Through lectures and media appearances, she is an advocate for gay-friendly policies in office environments in Japanese companies and society. [1]
Muraki, a lesbian, [2] is a graduate of Kyoto University. [3]
Muraki emphasizes that LGBT employees in Japan may experience discomfort about their environment that could pressure them to change careers, or experience depression and fatigue. [1] She advocates for more LGBT-friendly office policies, such as a restriction on anti-LGBT statements and hotlines to offer support to LGBT employees. [1] She has also encouraged Japan to adopt anti-discrimination laws, improve gay representation in the media, [4] and to allow gays to marry. [2]
Today, she gives presentations to corporations and government offices on the equal treatment of gay and lesbians in workplace environments. [1] [2] She is the author of the "LGBT Workplace Handbook" and "Introduction to LGBT in the workplace." [3] Her organization, Nijiiro Diversity, received a Google Impact Challenge grant in 2015. [5]
Maki Muraki | |
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Born | Maki Muraki 1974 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Kyoto University |
Occupation | LGBT activist |
Maki Muraki (村木 真紀, Muraki Maki, born 1974) is a Japanese LGBT activist. She is the head of the Osaka-based Japanese LGBT rights organization, Nijiiro ("Rainbow") Diversity. [1] Through lectures and media appearances, she is an advocate for gay-friendly policies in office environments in Japanese companies and society. [1]
Muraki, a lesbian, [2] is a graduate of Kyoto University. [3]
Muraki emphasizes that LGBT employees in Japan may experience discomfort about their environment that could pressure them to change careers, or experience depression and fatigue. [1] She advocates for more LGBT-friendly office policies, such as a restriction on anti-LGBT statements and hotlines to offer support to LGBT employees. [1] She has also encouraged Japan to adopt anti-discrimination laws, improve gay representation in the media, [4] and to allow gays to marry. [2]
Today, she gives presentations to corporations and government offices on the equal treatment of gay and lesbians in workplace environments. [1] [2] She is the author of the "LGBT Workplace Handbook" and "Introduction to LGBT in the workplace." [3] Her organization, Nijiiro Diversity, received a Google Impact Challenge grant in 2015. [5]