The proposed Self-Determination Act, aimed at easing legal gender change, has become a battleground for misinformation as far-right groups exploit the issue.
The Karnataka High Court has observed that Universities/Educational Institutions should process applications for change of name and gender made by transgender persons in degree certificates upon.
The Court was hearing a petition filed by a transman for the issuance of a fresh master's degree certificate reflecting a name and gender change after he underwent gender reassignment surgeries.
Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that a law obliging transgender people to undergo sterilisation surgery to officially change their gender is “cruel” and unconstitutional.