Patrick Linehan, US consul general
Interesting last sentence to the news article below about the openly gay US consul in Osaka… (Extract from the Japan Times article ‘Gay consul general finds partner, place in government’)
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In summer 2002, when he was working at the U.S Embassy in Tokyo, he met his future husband, a second-generation Brazilian-Japanese, as he excitedly watched, with his face painted yellow and green, a World Cup soccer match broadcast live at a local bar. Linehan immediately fell in love with his smile.
Five years into their relationship the couple got married when Linehan was posted to Canada, where same-sex marriage is legally recognized.
Linehan recalls that falling in love with Kanegusuke gave him the incentive to come out.
A native of Massachusetts, Linehan has lived in Yokohama and Sapporo for his work and language studies, becoming along the way a big fan of Japanese sake and traditional “enka” songs. He celebrated his 60th birthday at Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto.
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Kamigamo Shrine offers English tours and ceremonies. See the bottom part of this page.
Identical twin, Patrick Linehan, gave an inspiring Ted Talk this year in Kyoto about being ‘Different‘.
The Kasagake horse ritual at Kamigamo has an international feel with a running English-language commentary by priest Inui Mitsutaka, who once worked with the ISF in New York
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