LGBT rights in Japan
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lgbt-rights-in-japan-208-5955732
title:
LGBT rights in Japan
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nenja Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Japan have fewer legal protections than in most other developed countries, although some developments towards stronger rights have been made in the 2020s. Same-sex sexual activity was criminalised only briefly in Japan's history between 1872 and 1881, after which a localised version of the Napoleonic Penal Code was adopted with an equal age of consent. Same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are ineligible for the
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Japan
date created:
2006-08-19T14:01:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T06:54:48Z
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