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Watered-down LGBTQ 'understanding' bill shows how far Japan's parliament is out of step with its society – and history

  • Written by Sabine Frühstück, Professor of Modern Japanese Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Watered-down LGBTQ 'understanding' bill shows how far Japan's parliament is out of step with its society – and historyRainbow ears, but is Japan's parliament listening? Lucas Calloch/@dreiimos/Unsplash, FAL

Japan has passed legislation aimed at “promoting the understanding” of members of the LGBTQ community – a watered-down bill that will do little to put the Asian country in line with fellow liberal democracies on the issue.

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