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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mari Yamaguchi

Japan's top court to rule on law that requires reproductive organ removal for official gender change

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Japan's Supreme Court will rule Wednesday whether a law forcing transgender people to have their reproductive organs removed in order to officially change their gender is constitutional.

Currently, transgender people who want to have their biologically assigned gender changed on family registries and other official documents must be diagnosed as having Gender Identity Disorder and undergo an operation to remove their gonads.

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