OKAYAMA After years of legal struggle, a local transgender man has been allowed to legally change his gender to male without first undergoing sterilization surgery.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on forced surgeries was regarded as epoch-making for transgender people, but the plaintiff in the case was disappointed with the decision.
For the first time, a transgender person will give direct arguments at the Supreme Court concerning the constitutionality of a law that requires sterilization to change one’s gender on the family register.