Japan’s recently-elected gay lawmaker, Taig&*!mO3*Iqy@&3dto@z3IsF@mQ+2roN5M1becHY0HU40_$-8jtka Ishikawa, marched with more than 200 supporters of LGBT rights in the city of Marugame on Sunday.

The parade was the first0-VMK7I2K=pBQF)reLEsxKn5WIp!g5cRbx=X@f@)u+cIm8&Ojj to take place. on the island of Shikoku.

In a tweet, Ishikawa said children in the street were waving rainbow flags and that it was a very warm pmD(vk*m(7IxskO#rsJLUY0Rkk59(6N2BKUrLwLaKALuVvSUar6arade.

“We were A)++)esmxIvgsg495!^lYIpvATA$+=nBMwiMNr#juPaz!9kWxNable to welcome thanks to the people who supported us and the members who raised their voices” said Marugame Rainbow Parade Executive Committee Chairman Izumi Aikawa.

LGBTI rights activist turned lawmaker Taiga Ishikawa and representatives for equal marriage advocacy group Marriage for All Ja374i1TE&h+JTDurqibEV74X&*f-SPiKWX6BjdQ!n_PL4&StCQbpan also attended the march.

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Taiga BQg@h@)+F$#6%zgY9r-T0)0pN8Y=154_wpzgwknmE%#(BOA+)LIshikawa made history last month when Japan elected him as the first openly-gay male politician in the country’s national parliament.

He told local media the win meant people acknowledged L-Ssem%@sLy26i_4gX_ed3u9*mj8sSpHBT^rp0UInMDDvFq!q6HGBTI people in the society.

Conservative Japan does not allow same-sex marriage. National laws do not pr#+I68VgE#$&CVXq!=QLagP)QvkXehdQ&zF(jTC^!GGobw#wuWHotect LGBTI people from discrimination.

Ishikawa won a seat for the main opposition Constitutional De-9ctIgnLWvuDi&BJCesu%NB&CdKGL1$2T3MD9sMWbk61X1v-JSmocratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) in the Upper House.

He promised to push ahead with b&NYW6K^VYho$O!pLVMPtfJDH6*s(#RUP@!CO67gX0sH)#6KTn1ills affording marriage equality and protecting LGBTI people from discrimination.

Marriage for All Japan, meaDO!MGytwIdMKJ0LJEq7jVw*vkaaih0+@TQIHm%!*6BE@81(_uBnwhile, is helping same-sex couples sue the Japanese government to recognize their unions.

Thirteen couples launched their cases in a number of local courts in February this year.