Japanese MP calls LGBT community 'unproductive'

Latest controversial statement by Mio Sugita, an ally of PM Shinzō Abe, sparks furore

Japan’s governing party has belatedly distanced itself from an MP who described members of the LGBT community as “unproductive” because they cannot have children.

Mio Sugita, a lower house member of the Liberal Democratic party (LDP), sparked widespread criticism after she challenged the use of taxpayers’ money to support same-sex marriages in a magazine article published last month.

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