In 2010, Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara faced international criticism for controversial comments he made, in which he said that gays and lesbians were "deficient somehow. It may be attributed to something genetic. I feel sorry for them being a minority." [113] In October 2018, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly passed a law prohibiting all discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The law, which took effect in April 2019, also commits the Metropolitan Government to raise awareness of LGBT people and "conduct measures needed to make sure human rights values are rooted in all corners of the city". The law outlaws expressing hateful rhetoric in public. [61] [62] Prior to this, the wards of Shibuya and Setagaya had already passed explicit protections for LGBT people. [63] [64] Japan PM apologizes to LGBTQ activists over ex-aide's remark - The former aide told reporters this month that he wouldn't want to live next to LGBTQ people and claimed citizens would flee Japan if gays could marry". NBC News. 18 February 2023. Intersections: Male Homosexuality and Popular Culture in Modern Japan". intersections.anu.edu.au . Retrieved 8 April 2018. A Japanese region has made it illegal to out someone as LGBT+". Gay Star News. 10 June 2020. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021 . Retrieved 10 June 2020.

Panel of Japan's ruling LDP to seek early passage of law on LGBT understanding". The Japan Times. 9 April 2021 . Retrieved 10 June 2021. Since April 2018, transgender people have been covered for sex reassignment surgery as long as they are not receiving hormone treatment. [92] The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has also allowed transgender people to use their preferred names on their health insurance cards. The Sankei News (in Japanese). 25 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019 . Retrieved 5 April 2019.

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In addition to what are provided for from Article 12 to the preceding paragraph, employees are prohibited from any other forms of harassment at the workplace that are damaging to the work environment of other employees such as by way of speech or behaviour related to sexual orientation or gender identification. Housing discrimination [ edit ]

LGBT bill" at the Liberal Democratic Party to be submitted to the next Diet session". TV Asahi. 25 June 2019. In 2023, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of the Liberal Democratic Party met with LGBT groups in the Prime Minister's Official Residence and apologized for comments made by his former aide, Masayoshi Arai, based on homophobia and anti- same-sex marriage. [130] Summary table [ edit ] Same-sex sexual activity legal Nikkei (2 September 2013). "大阪市淀川区がLGBT支援宣言 (Yodogawa-ku passes LGBT support declaration)". GladXX. a b Justin McCurry (30 October 2020). "Japan's 'love hotels' accused of anti-gay discrimination". The Guardian. Japan's society and government are predominantly conservative. [8] Most political parties in Japan have formal positions in favor or against LGBT rights in their party's platform or manifesto. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has indicated opposition to legalizing same-sex marriage, whereas the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), the Japan Innovation Party, [109] and the Social Democratic Party have indicated support for legalization. [110]

In conclusion, everything is precisely as it should be. And seriously, Millennials, don’t be embarrassed of your search terms. For what it’s worth, all porn search terms are mortifying. If your porn search history were ever exposed, it would be at least as bad as your Google search history. What does a non-embarrassing porn search history even look like? Like this, maybe: In July 2022, LGBT rights activists and supporters protested in front of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters after an intra-party panel meeting circulated a booklet claiming that "homosexuality is a mental disease or addiction." On 16 June 2023, the "watered down" private member's bill on enhancement of LGBT understanding formally passed both houses of the National Diet of Japan for the 49th G7 summit in Hiroshima, with majority support from the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, Nippon Ishin no Kai and Democratic Party for the People. [81] [82] [83]