The 2003 law requiring the removal of sex organs to obtain a state-recognised gender change has long been criticised.
Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that a law obliging transgender people to undergo sterilisation surgery to officially change their gender is “cruel” and unconstitutional.
Lawyers Kazuyuki Minami, left, and Masafumi Yoshida hold signs that read “Unconstitutional”, right, and “Back ” during a press conference following the ruling on Wednesday.However, the decision was not a full legal victory for those wishing to change gender, as the Supreme Court sent the case back to a lower court to deliberate the requirement for gender-affirmation surgery.
Hong Kong this week ruled in favour of same-sex couples’ equal inheritance rights, while in May, Taiwan passed a bill that granted same-sex partners the right to jointly adopt a child neither of them are related to, taking one of the final steps towards achieving full marriage equality. Wednesday’s case was triggered by a transgender woman who wanted to challenge a refusal to list her as female without surgery.
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