Japan’s top court has ruled that a government requirement for transgender people to be sterilized before they could be legally recognized was unconstitutional, in a victory for the country’s LGBTQ community years in the making.
A law requiring transgender people to have their sexual organs removed for official recognition is unconstitutional. LGBTQ rights in Japan have fallen behind other advanced economies.
An unprecedented ruling by a Japanese court this month is buoying hopes in the transgender community that a national law requiring sterilization for official gender changes could be struck down by the Supreme Court this week.
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