May 16. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The ruling party in Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), has approved on Tuesday the revision of the bill to “promote understanding” of the LGBT community, which seeks to have it ratified before the G7 Summit that takes place in the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
The revised bill would require the government to formulate a basic plan to “promote understanding” of the community, while the phrase “discrimination is unacceptable” has been changed to “unfair discrimination must not be allowed”.
After this approval, the PLD plans to present -together with its partner Komeito- the bill before the Japanese Parliament before the summit that begins this Friday, remarking that it is necessary for Japan to demonstrate the country’s efforts to fight for equality , reports the Jiji news agency.
The ruling coalition, which considers it a great step forward, has called on opposition parties to support the revised bill, despite their opposition, considering that this text is not enough to make progress on the matter. of rights for the collective.
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had come under pressure from other G7 members to show unity in promoting equality for sexual minorities by advancing the bill. His country is the only one of the seven that does not recognize same-sex unions or offer legal protection against gender identity discrimination.
