TOKYO: LGBT+ families in Adachi Ward are being legalised and finally accepted.
Such an unexpected initiative in a country that does not legally recognise LGBT+ people and their rights.
A municipality in Tokyo on Thursday began certifying LGTB+ couples and their children as families, a move that came in the wake of controversial remarks made by a local assemblyman - Masateru Shiraishi - disparaging the impact sexual minorities have on the community: in September he said that “the municipality would cease to exist if the rights of sexual minorities are protected by law, drawing public outcry.”
Such a harsh and racist declaration that the 79-year-old politician - which is also member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan - retracted his words apologising with the LGBT+ community.
As reported by Kyodo News: “Sexual minorities and their allies hailed the developmen...
