Alright, i've done some research. Apparently, LGBT rights in Japan are rather... lacking. On the upside, most people don't care that much, either supporting or indifferent to it. Unfortunately, it's also very stereotyped (gay men talk effeminately, lesbians are almost never seen) so most people of homesexual orientation don't bother coming out. Strangely enough, the biggest problem with coming out doesn't seem to be individuals, but communities, namely the workplace. Many companies and coworkers dissaprove of people coming out as they believe it disrupts the unity of the company, since they aren't assimilating properly. Now, most of this is based on a cultural knowledge video in 2013, shown
here, so it's actually the same sort of problem in Japanese culture but worse at the period you're playing. (By the way, did you know homosexual sexual activity was illegal in Texas until 2003? Scary.)
Naturally, about 36% of people in Japan don't approve of homosexuality, with about 40% approving and the rest not caring. Basically, many are apathetic. Anyhow, these numbers are skewed more in favor of dissaproval at the time of this quest. (Fun Fact: There was no religious or historical stigma against homosexuality until the West came to Japan. Woohoo. Go 'Murica.) The point is, there is very little hate crimes in Japan. The stigma Renko faces is being ignored. Technically, there's no specific law against discriminating against her based on her orientation, and many people are likely to clump her into one giant stereotype of behavior upon learning she is gay. On the upside, the military doesn't care so long as she does her job right.
Main sources are
here and
here. If you happen to know of better sources, by all means send them, i'm eager to learn.
