Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is not unnstutnal, a urt has led, alg a blow to gay upl and activists seekg greater rights for the LGBTQ muny.
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SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS JAPAN IS GAG MOMENTUM
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Enomic lears have said they fear Japan will not be able to rema ternatnally petive whout greater diversy, cludg reprentatn for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny. Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is not unnstutnal, a urt has led, alg a blow to gay upl and activists seekg greater rights for the LGBTQ muny.
The lg of the Osaka urt dashed the hop of gay rights activists who are prsurg the ernment to rethk s opposn to same-sex marriage. Japan, where homosexualy has been legal sce 1880, is relatively liberal pared to some Asian natns. For example, gay sex remas illegal Sgapore spe growg lls to change the lonial-era law.
India’s Supreme Court led 2018 that gay sex was no longer a crimal offense. And this month, Thailand edged closer to beg the first place Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex unns when lawmakers passed four different bills aimg to provi greater rights to gay upl, such as the abily to adopt children and manage assets jotly.
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The cisn me a day after the US Senate passed a same-sex marriage protectn bill and Sgapore lifted a ban on gay sex but limed the prospects for legalizg same-sex marriage.
Over the past six years, activists Japan have prsed the Diet, the natnal parliament, to troduce a nondiscrimatn law that protects the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people.