[CW: Transphobia] Alicia and Mizuki interview representatives from Justice for Pato-chan to better understand their efforts and demonstration marches in support of Pato-chan, a transgender woman from the Philippines who had been detained at the Immigration Services Agency of Japan (Nyukan) for over a year. They discuss Pato-chan’s case, the intersectionality between transgender rights, migrant rights, and the Black Lives Matter movement, and a concerning new immigration reform bill that the Japanese government is considering.

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Music by Stone Stewart.