Japan’s Supreme Court said on October 25. unconstitutional national rules that forces people to sterilize who are undergoing gender confirmation surgery and want to legally change it, which is a groundbreaking ruling for the country.

This twelfth time since 1945The Supreme Court of Japan considers unconstitutional a law that will put pressure on the national parliament to revise the law on transgender people.

The Supreme Court also ordered a retrial of the trial that gave rise to the action before it, and this affects the ruling that was repeatedly condemned by international organizations and advocates for the rights of LGBTIQ+ people.

In 2019, Human Rights Watch (HRW) highlighted the plight of transgender people in Japan who face serious problems be legally recognized according to your gender identity.

The organization’s Japan director, Kanae Doi, explained that the majority of the Japanese population is unaware that Japanese law requires transgender people to undergo irreversible medical examinations and surgical interventions be legally recognized. The law in question, known as the Gender Identity Disorders and Special Cases (GID) Act, is restrictive and establishes requirements such as sterilization, a minimum age of 20 years, not to be married and not to have children under 20 years of age.

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The director notes that the lack of understanding about the lives of transgender people in Japan has led to discrimination and difficulties in areas such as education, health and work.

No laws against Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity tIt also leaves transgender people without legal protection, HRW stressed.

(according to information from EFE)