In January 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that the law was constitutional. The Japanese government has been widely criticised and discredited worldwide for its strict law discriminating against transgender people.In their concurring opinion, they wrote:"The suffering that [transgender people] face in terms of gender is also of concern to society that is supposed to embrace diversity in gender identity.
The Human Rights Watch report is based on interviews with 48 transgender people, as well as with lawyers, health providers and academics from 14 prefectures in Japan. "Japan should uphold the rights of transgender people and stop forcing them to undergo surgery to be legally recognised."In a video released to coincide with the Human Rights Watch report, he said he is still listed as female on official documents including his passport, and he cannot register as married to his girlfriend because Japan still does not recognise same-sex marriage.
The politicians in Japan's ruling party have been repeatedly criticised for discriminatory remarks about LGBT people. One of them said"a nation would collapse" if everyone became LGBT.
What do transgenders want? They say they don't feel their biological gender and want to completely transform to opposite gender but when it comes to removal of their genetials they protest🙄😳 They want no rules at all.
Come on now, they're still murdering whales for goodness sake, what do you expect? JapanGov UKinJapan
Send our gender thought police over .
Japan seems reasonable.
Isn't it interesting that the sign is in English, even though they were in Japan. Could this be a staged photo? No, that's a conspiracy theory. Nothing to see here...
“People in the East Asian country have to be surgically sterilised” If you’re a man that wants to be a woman, that’s part of the process anyway.
Where is their outrage about schools in Birmingham being closed, due to protests from parents?
Eh?
Let me see this watch