For the most part I feel accepted. I guess there are a number of specific circumstances where I could elaborate too though.
During a few years of high school I went through somewhat of a self identity crisis where I wasn't so sure if people really accepted me, or if they would accept me if they knew me better, which caused some angst for a while but after leaving high school I eventually had the realisation that if people don't accept me I can just find other people and move on easily. Since then I think I fit in well with all my friends and I generally get along well with most people. Being as authentic as possible helps a lot I believe.
On ZD I have nearly always felt accepted. There have been a few periods where I haven't been so sure what people's general consensus about me was but at this point I feel pretty comfortable that I get along with just about everyone here when I speak with them.
As a foreigner living in Japan do I feel accepted? Generally I do feel accepted here but there are cases where it seems that people would rather not have me here due to be not being Japanese (pretty much no young people are like this) but that is very rare and I have never had anyone specifically verbalise anything to that nature toward me. I think the fact that I speak decent Japanese and have adapted myself to understand and fit into Japanese society without standing out as much as possible helps a lot on that front.
As a LGBT person do I feel accepted? In my family, yes. In my friend circle, also yes because they aren't my friends if they have any issue. In general society (in Australia) I think I would feel somewhat uncomfortable in some situations disclosing myself in public places (such as holding hands with a partner for example) because there are probably often going to be assholes around who would shout harassment. That being said, given that the vast majority of Australians voted to support same sex marriage a few years back it is clear and proven that most Australians are not homophobic and are totally accepting.
In Japan all of my friends have never had an issue with it either. People aren't really strongly homophobic in Japan on a mass scale and most people who may seem that way are more ignorant (having never met a LGBT person) than malicious since there is no traditional religious opposition to LGBT relationships in Japan. Also, even if someone is homophobic the chance of them ever confronting you or shouting rude comments in public toward you is nearly zero since people don't tend to do that here. One legal issue causing a feeling of being somewhat unaccepted though is that same sex marriage is not recognised in Japan and as a result of this foreigners who are working in Japan can not bring their same sex partners on spouse visas to live with them which is something I hope they will fix in the near future as they are likely missing out on a fair amount of decent foreign skilled workers due to this oversight (I say oversight because I am pretty confident that this is something that is not on people's radar to consider at all rather than something many people would be strongly opposed to).
This is a much longer post than I expected to write.
TLDR: mostly yeah.
During a few years of high school I went through somewhat of a self identity crisis where I wasn't so sure if people really accepted me, or if they would accept me if they knew me better, which caused some angst for a while but after leaving high school I eventually had the realisation that if people don't accept me I can just find other people and move on easily. Since then I think I fit in well with all my friends and I generally get along well with most people. Being as authentic as possible helps a lot I believe.
On ZD I have nearly always felt accepted. There have been a few periods where I haven't been so sure what people's general consensus about me was but at this point I feel pretty comfortable that I get along with just about everyone here when I speak with them.
As a foreigner living in Japan do I feel accepted? Generally I do feel accepted here but there are cases where it seems that people would rather not have me here due to be not being Japanese (pretty much no young people are like this) but that is very rare and I have never had anyone specifically verbalise anything to that nature toward me. I think the fact that I speak decent Japanese and have adapted myself to understand and fit into Japanese society without standing out as much as possible helps a lot on that front.
As a LGBT person do I feel accepted? In my family, yes. In my friend circle, also yes because they aren't my friends if they have any issue. In general society (in Australia) I think I would feel somewhat uncomfortable in some situations disclosing myself in public places (such as holding hands with a partner for example) because there are probably often going to be assholes around who would shout harassment. That being said, given that the vast majority of Australians voted to support same sex marriage a few years back it is clear and proven that most Australians are not homophobic and are totally accepting.
In Japan all of my friends have never had an issue with it either. People aren't really strongly homophobic in Japan on a mass scale and most people who may seem that way are more ignorant (having never met a LGBT person) than malicious since there is no traditional religious opposition to LGBT relationships in Japan. Also, even if someone is homophobic the chance of them ever confronting you or shouting rude comments in public toward you is nearly zero since people don't tend to do that here. One legal issue causing a feeling of being somewhat unaccepted though is that same sex marriage is not recognised in Japan and as a result of this foreigners who are working in Japan can not bring their same sex partners on spouse visas to live with them which is something I hope they will fix in the near future as they are likely missing out on a fair amount of decent foreign skilled workers due to this oversight (I say oversight because I am pretty confident that this is something that is not on people's radar to consider at all rather than something many people would be strongly opposed to).
This is a much longer post than I expected to write.
TLDR: mostly yeah.