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Japan: Top Court Finds Sterilization Rule for Gender Change Unconstitutional

  • #Japan
  • #Social issues
  • #Civil liberties
  • #Disabilities
  • #Birth control
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OCT 2023
Image copyright: Wikimedia Commons
story last updated JUN 2024

The Spin

Progressive narrative

While this landmark verdict is a start, requiring any kind of expensive or invasive surgeries for a legal change of gender should be rendered unconstitutional. There is a lot of work left to be done to protect LGBTQ+ rights in Japan.

Guardian

Conservative narrative

Traditional, paternalistic family values are important in Japan, and requiring some level of surgery to ensure people's certainty in gender transitioning protects traditional elements of the nation's culture. Moreover, allowing those born with male reproductive organs to transition to the female gender without surgery could endanger the safety of women's spaces.

Associated Press

Establishment split

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