LGBT people seek apology from lawmaker who called them unproductive

Sexual minorities demanded Friday an apology from a ruling party lawmaker who claimed in a magazine article that the government should not support LGBT couples because they cannot bear offspring and thus are unproductive.Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their families submitted about 26,000 signatures to the headquarters of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo, requesting that lawmaker Mio Sugita hold a press conference to apologize.The signatures were collected online for about a month to demand the LDP remove Sugita, a 51-year-old House of Represe…READ FULL ARTICLE