Entrepreneur builds bridges between firms and LGBT people
December 14, 2017By Akira Nemoto
At 24, Kento Hoshi has been running an employee support company for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, for almost two years--a business he felt inspired to set up after a friend’s negative experience.
The friend was male on the family register but identified as female. When she took the plunge and explained her identity at a job interview, she was met with an unsympathetic remark, “There is nobody like you in our company," and the interview was abruptly brought to a close.
Disheartened, the friend soon quit her university and cut off contact with Hoshi. But the incident stayed on Hoshi’s mind, and he told himself that he had to do something about it.
“Your ability to work has nothing to do with your sexual orientation,” he said. “I want to help create a society where all LGBT people can remain themselves at work.”
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