Japanese Have Different Take on Transgenders, Require Them to Be Sterilized By V Saxena
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...
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...
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