Speaker: Akira
Job title: Counsellor/Global Advocacy Officer
Company: Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation(J-ALL)

About the spreaker
Akira is a councillor of J-ALL which is an umbrella organization with 124 sexual and gender minority civil society organizations across Japan. She leads global advocacy and administration at J-ALL. Notably, her activism led to the establishment/success of Pride 7, a civic engagement group/platform advocating for rights of sexual and gender minority at the Group of Seven (G7), and the passage of Japan’s 1st SOGI related law in June 2023.