Japan Same Sex Marriage

In the July 27, 2018, photo, people protest in front of ruling Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo against lawmaker Mio Sugita. Japanese activists including seven parents of LGBT children have submitted a petition with more than 25,000 signatures to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s party, demanding that the lawmaker apologize for saying that sexual minorities are unproductive and don’t deserve public support. (Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP)