Lower house of Japans Parliament passes bill to promote LGBTQ+ awareness

The powerful lower house of Japan’s parliament on June 13 passed a bill to promote understanding ofLGBTQ+ issuesamid protests by activists that last-minute revisions by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s conservative party favoured opponents of sexual instead of guaranteeing equal rights.

Japan is the only member of

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the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations which does not have LGTBQ+ legal protections.