queerasfact: pride 2020 22/30 | yoshiya nobuko Yoshiya Nobuko was an incredibly successful Japanese
queerasfact: pride 2020 22/30 | yoshiya nobuko Yoshiya Nobuko was an incredibly successful Japanese author, famous for her stories focussing on relationships between women - both friendships and romances. Nobuko lived for almost 50 years with her partner, Monma Chiyo. In 1957, Nobuko formally adopted Chiyo, because, as she explained “.. the law will not recognize you as a wife…” adding “I aim to get the law reformed.” learn more with queer as fact: a queer history podcast [image description: Yoshiya Nobuko, a young Japanese woman with a short bob, sits at a paper-covered desk holding a pen] -- source link
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