Draft:Tarō Matsumoto

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Tarō Matsumoto, 1968November 10-2016December 10.[1]) is a pastor, manga artist, and singer-songwriter from Japan. Born inNerima Ward, Tokyo. Manga artist Jiro Matsumoto is his younger brother.

Biography

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His family is a Lutheran church. He graduated from Kyushu Gakuin High School, Lutheran College, and [[Japan Lutheran Theological Seminary. In high school, he had hopes of going to art college and entering the entertainment industry through music, but he was also a dedicated Christian and enrolled in seminary upon the recommendation of his high school teacher. While in school, he also formed a band and played in live music clubs. After graduating from college, he received the laying on of hands at Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church and became a pastor at Kyoto Church. Later, while transferring to and working at Matsuyama Church, he won the Tetsuya Chiba Award runner-up prize from Kodansha in 1992 with “Seesaw” and made his debut as a manga artist in Weekly Morning. He worked as a cartoonist alongside his pastor, and since 2014, he has been publishing his cut drawings in Worship and Music (magazine) [2] from United Church of Christ in Japan Publishing Bureau[3]. As illustrations for the first eleven issues of the serial “Worship and Symbols”. .

On December 10th, 2016, he was found dead at his home in Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture[4] He was 52 years old.

Person

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He has publicly announced that he is a core group of gender identity disorders in interviews at the end of his book “Stray Cat” and on his blog and other sites.

When Matsumoto first recalled that she had gender identity disorder and tried “dressing up as a woman,” she said, “It was weird, to say the least. In fact, I became very self-conscious that I didn't like the fact that my body wasn't female.” She also stated that she felt “very uncomfortable” with her body not being a woman. She later stated that hormone therapy eased her discomfort with dressing as a woman.[5]

Since 2001, same-sex weddings have been held annually at the NLGR HIV awareness event[6] and is accepting applicants.[7]

2007 Former Osaka Prefecture assemblywoman Kanako Otsuji and Maki Kimura (Maki Muraki) [8] annual among couples same-sex marriage ceremony by NLGR[9][10], where she officiated.

He is officiating a same-sex wedding ceremony at NLGR (“Nagoya Lesbian & Gay Revolution”) in Ikeda Park in 2008[11]

List of Works

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  • Stray Cat
  • THE GREAT ONE
  • LOVE PLANET
  • Meteor Girl
  • novenagirl

References

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  1. ^ 808873605756960768 tweet from Kirishin, a Christian newspaper, December 14, 2016]
  2. ^ "日本キリスト教団出版局".
  3. ^ No. 162 (published July 2014) No. 172 (published January 2017)
  4. ^ http://gaaaaaaaaa.exblog.jp/25065851/
  5. ^ "女装デビュー".
  6. ^ "6/3 NLGR+ ブース出展&同性結婚式". 31 July 2012.
  7. ^ https://qpqp1999. exblog.jp/10980594/
  8. ^ [http://pdf. irpocket.com/C4331/CaoZ/Mu9f/YbpG.pdf }}
  9. ^ http://www.tokyowrestling.com/blog/2007/06/post_1.html
  10. ^ Kanako Otsuji Activity Diary[https:// otsuji.blog.ss-blog.jp/]
  11. ^ [1]
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