Japan's Diet enacts legislation to promote LGBT understanding

Japan's parliament on Friday enacted legislation to promote understanding of sexual minorities after a period of intense debate between the ruling and opposition parties in the run-up to the closing of the regular Diet session next week.The LGBT bill cleared the House of Councillors with the backing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito, as well as some opposition parties, following its passage through the House of Representatives earlier this week.The legislation is aimed primarily at eliminating "unfair discrimination" of people based on their sex…READ FULL ARTICLE