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A court in central Japan<\/a> ruled Thursday that it is unconstitutional to require a transgender person to undergo surgery to remove their current reproductive organs in order for them to receive documentation under their new gender.<\/p>\n

The verdict in Shizuoka family court upholds a transgender plaintiff\u2019s request to change their gender from female to male without having surgery, a decision that was hailed as a landmark by LGBTQ+ advocates<\/a>. The verdict sets only a limited precedent, but a similar case before Japan\u2019s Supreme Court could set legal precedent nationally.<\/p>\n

Gen Suzuki, 48, filed a lawsuit in 2021, seeking a court decision to allow a change of his biologically assigned gender of female to male to match his self-identity without an operation. He said the requirement to undergo surgery was inhuman and unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

JAPAN FIRES AIDE FOR ANTI-LGBTQ COMMENTS: ‘OUTRAGEOUS’<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

On Thursday, the Shizuoka family court upheld his request, saying that surgery to remove sexual organs would cause an irreversible loss of reproductive functions, and that to require the surgery “raises a question of its necessity and rationality” from medical and social perspectives.<\/p>\n

The decision comes at a time of heightened awareness of issues surrounding LGBTQ+ people in Japan.<\/p>\n

Activists have stepped up efforts to pass an anti-discrimination law since a former aide to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in February that he wouldn\u2019t want to live next to LGBTQ+ people and that citizens would flee Japan if same-sex marriage were allowed. Japan is the only Group of Seven country that does not allow same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

The Shizuoka court said a growing social acceptance of sexual and gender diversity makes the requirement to undergo surgery to eliminate the possibility of childbirth outdated and goes counter to a global effort toward creating a more inclusive society.<\/p>\n

Suzuki welcomed the ruling and said he was encouraged by positive changes in society. “I want children to hang on to their hope. I want to see a society where sexual diversity is naturally accepted,” Suzuki said.<\/p>\n

JAPANESE LGBTQ ACTIVISTS URGE GOVERNMENT TO ENACT ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Suzuki started having gender identity issues in childhood, and at the age of 40 started hormonal treatment and then breast removal surgery. Suzuki now has a female partner, according to the court ruling released by his support group.<\/p>\n

LGBTQ+ activists and supporters on social media welcomed the ruling and congratulated Suzuki.<\/p>\n

A similar lawsuit filed by a transgender female asking for a recognition of her gender without operation is pending at the Supreme Court<\/a>, whose decision is expected as early as late December.<\/p>\n

In July, Japan\u2019s Supreme Court ruled that restrictions imposed by a government ministry on a transgender female employee\u2019s use of restrooms at her workplace were illegal — the first such ruling on the working environment for LGBTQ+ individuals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/japanese-court-rules-surgery-not-required-legally-change-gender <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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