Genital appearance rule for gender change may be unconstitutional: court

A Japanese high court ruled in a recent case that the requirement for genital appearance to be altered as a condition for the approval of official gender change for transgender people was "possibly unconstitutional" depending on individual cases, it was learned Tuesday.The Tokyo High Court said the situation brought by a transgender woman was "unconstitutional," approving on Oct. 31 a gender change for her. According to the decision, the appearance of the petitioner's genitalia had not changed despite around 27 years of hormone therapy.Japan currently demands the genitals to physically rese…READ FULL ARTICLE