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"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.
As many reports of the bill’s passage on June 16, 2023, have noted, Japan lags
far behind other G7 countries when it comes to the legal protection of sexual
minorities.
There has been less discussion of how the limits of the new law – and the
prolonged battle to get it passed – highlight how national politicians are out
of step with Japanese society at large.
Despite Japan’s international stereotype as a socially conservative nation – a
view swayed by the political leanings of the national government – both
corporate Japan and regional authorities in the country have long been out in
front of parliament on the rights of LGBTQ people. Moreover, Japan’s history on
same-sex relationships is decidedly more mixed than many in the country’s
national politics, or in the West, would acknowledge."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
