The Japanese government’s attitude toward transgenderism differs starkly from the one maintained by the U.S. government, which has strived to establish an “inclusive” society where transgender men and women benefit from certain rights.
To simply switch one’s gender in Japan, for instance, one must be sterilized, according to a legal requirement cited by the Human Rights Watch.
Based on a law passed in 2003, this requirement mandates gender-change applicants “permanently lack functioning gonads,” HRW reported.
The human rights organization further noted that a number of health groups across the world, including the U.S. World Health Organization, have condemned this requirement.
This practice was likewise included in a report published four years ago by the the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
“In many countries transgender persons are required to undergo often unwanted sterilization surgeries as a prerequisite to enjoy legal recognition of their preferred gender,” wrote then-Rapporteur Juan E. Méndez.
The report also noted that “members of sexual minorities are disproportionately subjected to torture and other forms of ill-treatment because they fail to conform to socially constructed gender expectations.”
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