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LGBTQ activists in Japan launch engagement group ahead of G7

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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese LGBTQ activists and rights groups have launched a civil “engagement group” to make policy proposals ahead of the Group of Seven summit in Japan and announced plans to hold an inaugural Pride 7 summit in Tokyo later this month, seeking to accelerate efforts to get the Japanese government to adopt an anti-discrimination law. Japan is the only member of the Group of Seven advanced industrialized nations that lacks a law protecting the rights of LGBTQ people. Support for sexual diversity has grown slowly in Japan but LGBTQ people often face discrimination at school, work and at home.

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