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Japan court rules mandatory sterilisation of people officially changing gender unconstitutional
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While rights group welcomed the verdict, a decision by the judges to ask a lower court to deliberate on a separate clause, requiring that the genital organs of people who want to change their gender resemble those of the opposite gender, was met with disappointment.
“This decision was very unexpected and I’m very surprised,” the plaintiff, identified only as a transgender woman under the age of 50, said in a statement read out by her lawyers.
These are: being at least 18 years old; not being married; not having underage children; having genital organs that resemble those of the opposite gender; and having no reproductive glands or ones that have permanently lost their function.
The plaintiff’s lawyers had said the last two requirements violated their client’s constitutional right to pursue happiness and live without discrimination, and posed significant physical pain and financial burden to trans people, media reported.
While many countries have repealed laws requiring surgery to legally change gender, trans rights remain controversial in Japan.
Activists have increased efforts to pass an anti-discrimination law since a former aide to the prime minister, Fumio Kishida, said in February that he would not want to live next to LGBTQ+ people and that citizens would flee Japan if same-sex marriage were allowed.
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