The Liberal Democratic Party believes that no additional measures are required to protect the rights of gays and lesbians, though almost all of the other major parties running in the Dec. 16 general election feel otherwise, a survey by a sexual minority advocacy group has found.

Rainbow Pride Ehime, based in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, sought the views of the political parties on sexual minorities in multiple-choice questionnaires sent to their headquarters ahead of the Lower House poll. As of Tuesday, replies had been received from the LDP and five other parties, and their responses were tallied the following day.

On "the need for measures to protect the human rights of sexual minorities," the LDP replied: "Measures are necessary for people with gender identity disorder but not for homosexuals."