Japan has made considerable strides on legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in recent years, raising awareness and creating non-binding local policies. Without national-level changes, though, Japan remains behind the rest of the G7 countries that will soon be meeting in Japan to talk about economic issues. In past statements, […]
Author Archives: M V Lee Badgett
M V Lee Badgett is a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of The Economic Case for LGBT Equality: Why Fair and Equal Treatment Benefits Us All (Beacon Press).