Japan lawmakers advance controversial LGBTQ bill
Japan’s lower house approves proposed legislation aimed at ‘promoting understanding’ of LGBTQ issues but campaigners criticise the bill for its watered-down language. – EPA pic, June 13, 2023.
JAPAN’S lower house today approved proposed legislation aimed at “promoting understanding” of LGBTQ issues but campaigners criticised the bill for its watered-down language. The country’s coalition government had debated the wording for months, with conservative politicians saying an anti-discrimination clause could deepen social divisions or open up companies and individuals to malicious lawsuits.
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