BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 months agoJapan court lets transgender man change official status without sterilisation in legal firstwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: transgender@lemmy.ml
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkJapan court lets transgender man change official status without sterilisation in legal firstwww.theguardian.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: transgender@lemmy.ml
Archived version: https://archive.ph/qbB52 Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240208021134/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/08/japan-transgender-man-status-change-ruling-court-sterilisation
minus-squareMario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoSo up until very recently, Japan was requiring transgender people to be sterilized? 😬
minus-squareJoBo@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s a click-baity headline. They previously required surgical transition, which results in sterilisation. You couldn’t ‘just’ get a vasectomy or hysterectomy to get legal recognition, you needed new genitals too.
So up until very recently, Japan was requiring transgender people to be sterilized? 😬
It’s a click-baity headline. They previously required surgical transition, which results in sterilisation. You couldn’t ‘just’ get a vasectomy or hysterectomy to get legal recognition, you needed new genitals too.