Japan’s top court strikes down mandatory sterilisation surgery for gender change | South China Morning Post

Japan’s top court ruled on October 25, 2023, that a legal clause requiring people to undergo sterilisation surgery if they want to legally change their gender was unconstitutional. The clause was one of five requirements transgender people need to meet in order to officially change their gender. But the top court de…

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