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Japan’s top court backs trans woman in toilet case

A sign is posted on the door of an all-gender restroom in Washington, DC. (Photo: Ted Eytan, Wikimedia Commons)

TOKYO: In a landmark ruling, Japan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favour of a transgender bureaucrat who sued the government over access to female toilets at work.

The court found that a decision barring the woman from using nearby toilets and forcing her to use other facilities two floors from her office was “extremely lacking in validity”.

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