(Kobe, Japan) A Japanese court has refused to amend the birth records
of a transsexual because prior to sex reassignment surgery she had
fathered a child.
Under a 2004 law only unmarried, childless applicants can change their
official gender. Applicants also must have had a sex-change operation
and been diagnosed by two doctors as having gender-identity disorder.
Masami Osako, 51, was once married and had a child but later divorced.
She subsequently underwent a sex-change operation but is still listed
as a male in her family registry.
"I feel uneasy about the incongruity of my current appearance and the
gender in the registry," Osako told the Kyodo news service.
She said she intends to file an appeal with the Osaka High Court.
The 2004 law was intended to protect "the welfare of the child," but
Osako said her child is now a fully grown adult.
It is estimated there are 7,000 to 10,000 Japanese who believe they
were born the wrong sex. While thousands have completed sex
reassignment fewer than 200 have had their vital statistics records
altered.
Despite changing society, the stigma of transsexuality remains high in
Japan. Transsexuals say they are reluctant to seek work or even go to
the dentist for fear their original gender will be revealed by
documents such as health insurance cards.
Moreover, transsexuals find they are still considered in their prior
sex when they try to marry. Same-sex marriages are forbidden in Japan.
(c)365Gay.com 2007
of a transsexual because prior to sex reassignment surgery she had
fathered a child.
Under a 2004 law only unmarried, childless applicants can change their
official gender. Applicants also must have had a sex-change operation
and been diagnosed by two doctors as having gender-identity disorder.
Masami Osako, 51, was once married and had a child but later divorced.
She subsequently underwent a sex-change operation but is still listed
as a male in her family registry.
"I feel uneasy about the incongruity of my current appearance and the
gender in the registry," Osako told the Kyodo news service.
She said she intends to file an appeal with the Osaka High Court.
The 2004 law was intended to protect "the welfare of the child," but
Osako said her child is now a fully grown adult.
It is estimated there are 7,000 to 10,000 Japanese who believe they
were born the wrong sex. While thousands have completed sex
reassignment fewer than 200 have had their vital statistics records
altered.
Despite changing society, the stigma of transsexuality remains high in
Japan. Transsexuals say they are reluctant to seek work or even go to
the dentist for fear their original gender will be revealed by
documents such as health insurance cards.
Moreover, transsexuals find they are still considered in their prior
sex when they try to marry. Same-sex marriages are forbidden in Japan.
(c)365Gay.com 2007
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Vanhimmat
Tuossa sanottiin toimitun "lapsen parhaaksi", joka siis oli jo kyllä aikuinen. Mitenkähän lapsen etua palvelee se, että hänen isänsä, fyysisesti nainen, pidetään väkisin miehen kirjoissa?