From the fringe to the mainstream

Embassy of Finland will have a booth with 4 other Nordic embassies at Tokyo Rainbow Pride. Tokyo Rainbow Pride is an event celebrating the diversity of Tokyo's LGBT community. Please come to see us to Yoyogi park in Tokyo on 7th-8th May.
To celebrate the event this article features Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen). After decades in the shadows, the world is finally ready for Finland’s icon of erotic art, Tom of Finland.

Times have changed since artist Touko Laaksonen needed to destroy his stylised homoerotic images because of the conservative atmosphere in Finland. Today these controversial art pieces have become a symbol of tolerance.

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