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Podcast: In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Episode: Japanese school student bravely illustrates gender struggle
Description: An elementary school student in Japan has created a picture book about being assigned female at birth but identifying as a boy. The experience has instilled Ayano with a new sense of courage, and helped other people understand the struggle many similar children face in a society slow to support the LGBTQ community.