Transgender man gets new register with court-approved gender change

A transgender man in central Japan obtained a copy of a new family register on Thursday that now lists him as male, after a landmark ruling this year approved for his gender to be changed without sterilization surgery.With his gender identity now matching the one on his family register, Gen Suzuki, 49, told reporters at the Hamamatsu municipal office in Shizuoka Prefecture that he can now "live at ease."Visiting with his partner Ryoko Kunii, 51, Suzuki said it took a "long" time for him to be approved for a gender change, but the process was meaningful.In October, the Hamamatsu branch of th…READ FULL ARTICLE