We've had a bit of discussion on here before about Elin McCready, an American transwoman university professor in Japan who petitioned for a lesbian-only club night to let in transwomen. In June, he claimed he was suing the Japanese government for the right to have his "same-sex marriage" to a Japanese woman recognised:
https://novaramedia.com/2021/06/21/...l-be-in-the-countrys-first-same-sex-marriage/
Now he is complaining that the current travel ban prevents his male partner, a Swedish citizen, from joining him in Japan:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/11/30/national/omicron-japan-entry-limbo/ Conveniently not mentioning the wife, because since he's already married, the Swedish boyfriend will not be able to enter as a dependent/spouse. Mx McCready probably pulled strings to get the boyfriend a job so he could enter on a work visa. McCready alludes in the first article to wanting his "same-sex marriage" recognised partly for the sake of non-traditional family structures, because he has a boyfriend as well as the wife. I wonder what she thinks about all this, though? Maybe it's just as well the borders are closed, does she really need
two men like this living with her and her children?
(As an aside, he talks as if the travel ban is a personal insult to him. You would think that after 20 years of living in Japan he'd know that for constitutional reasons the government can't really mandate things like lockdowns or business closures, so preventing travel is one of the very few things they can legally enforce to stop the spread of COVID. But hey ho, this isn't someone who comes across as having any regard for anyone else)