https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/25/japan-court-rules-mandatory-sterilisation-transgender-unconstitutional
Judges reject requirement for trans people to remove reproductive organs for state-recognised gender change
Transmedicalism and its cisfascist views on what's a "legitimate" trans person are still pervasive in many parts of the world. Go ask people in a western country how many of them think you can be a woman when you have a penis, results won't be pretty. Japan has societal attitudes towards LGBT rights that are comparable to a lot of western countries - in fact, gay marriage has more public support there than in the USA, but is still illegal. Lawmakers and other elites are chronically lagging behind public acceptance, as they always do. Transphobia is something that is implemented top-down, it's incredibly hard to get rid of on a legal level.
I'd call it ciscolonial, the targeted destruction of gender expression outside of the very narrow cishet umbrella was a conscious effort by colonizers to destroy cultures where gender had different types of expression. Just like when they'd destroy religious icons and forbid speaking uncolonized languages, gender expression was just another tool of colonial control.
it's a weird state of affairs in the US. our view of medical care as a consumer good means that abuse by doctors is rampant with few legal protections, because instead of an established standard of care, you're supposed to shop around for a doctor that will treat you correctly.
My country actually has at least decent standards of care for trans people, but they simply get ignored by large parts of our medical community. Finding competent trans health care around here is a matter of knowing who to ask for advice, and way too often only feasible if you live in metropolitian areas.
i have to do in detail investigations of a doctor's social media to see if they have transphobic derangement. been burned one too many times
I'd like to point out that french law forced trans people to be sterilized by law until 2017
2013, apparently. The timing was good for Finland in a sense, because the current government wouldn't exactly make it a priority 
Bout fucking time. Just the most openly fascist, eugenicist requirement of the capitalist state trying to cull queer people.
Unironically, Taiwan’s been leading the way in advancing LGBT rights in Asia. You’ve got to hand this one to them.
Would like to point out that marriages in Taiwan, like how marriages in New York and so on used to work pre-Obergefell, are recognized by the rest of China. Similar civil union-esque things occur in many tier 1 cities and these are also recognized in the rest of China.
Yes, Taiwan has made huge steps forward to allow transnational same-sex marriage. However, this still doesn’t apply to citizens from mainland China (except Hong Kong and Macau) but it is already a significant leap in Asia.
Whats your source on the mainland? Taiwan and China recognize all documents from each other, including citizenship. Taiwanese can travel to the mainland freely. You can register a valid marriage in Taiwan in China as well. I got that off of some random legal site on baidu, can confirm it later if you want.
The reason is both recognize the one China principle.
I read it from a Taiwanese commentary
對此，陸委會來函解釋，依據兩岸人民關係條例，兩岸婚姻須先在中國結婚才能來台登記。但中國目前不承認同性婚姻，因此上述條件根本無法成立。陸委會也同時說明，兩岸婚姻須遵守現行規定，避免危害到國家安全及社會安定。
Generally speaking, the law for cross-strait marriage (between a mainland Chinese and a Taiwanese, regardless of same sex marriage or not) requires that the couple to wed in mainland China first, and only then can they register in Taiwan. Because PRC currently does not recognize same sex marriage, such arrangement is not possible at the moment.
I’m not sure how well the machine translation works but do give the article a read, it’s a short commentary about the future of LGBT legalization in Taiwan.
Are the plummeting fertility rates in the wealthier Asian nations a factor in their reluctance to legalize same-sex marriage?
given how things are going more generally for trans people i think i'm just going to choose to be impressed that this happened at all
