Pride House at Tokyo Olympics gets first official IOC backing.

Olympic Rings and the Japanese flag are seen outside the Olympic Museum in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2020. (Photo: Charly Triballeau / AFP - Getty Images file)

Tokyo will open Pride House, Japan’s first permanent such center, next month to raise awareness of LGBTQ rights before and during the rearranged Olympic Games in 2021.

Although there have been similar initiatives before previous Games, organizers said Pride House Tokyo…