Japan society on transgender issues to drop "disorder" from name

The Japanese Society of Gender Identity Disorder, a body promoting transgender studies, has decided to drop "disorder" from its name based on the latest understanding of people with gender identities differing from those assigned at birth.The change, announced Sunday at its general meeting, is in line with the World Health Organization's recent advice to use the term "gender incongruence" instead of "gender disorder." The society's new English name is yet to be formally decided.Speaking to reporters in Okinawa Prefecture after the meeting, Mikiya Nakatsuka, president of the society and a pr…READ FULL ARTICLE