Following a historic decision this year that allowed for his female to be changed without cleaning surgery, the transgender man in northern Japan obtained reissued family records on Thursday that now list him as male.
Gen Suzuki, 49, told reporters at the Hamamatsu provincial business in Shizuoka Prefecture that he can then “live at simplicity” because his identity personality now matches the one on his home record.
When Suzuki and his companion Ryoko Kunii, 51, went to see each other, Suzuki said it took a “long” time to get his sex change approved, but the procedure was important.
A law mandating cleaning procedure to change the gender on a family record was declared unconstitutional by the Shizuoka Family Court’s Hamamatsu tree in October.
Suzuki had requested permission to change his sex without having surgery that would have impaired his ability to conceive.
According to the jury, this constitutional requirement violates Article 13 of the Constitution, which states that everyone must be respected as an individual.
The decision added that it is” certainly rational” to limit a person with gender identity disorder’s ability to choose not to have actually invasive procedures done against their will. According to Suzuki’s attorneys, it was the first for ruling to challenge the law in Japan.
Suzuki underwent hormone therapy and had his shoulder muscle surgically removed, but he still filed a lawsuit despite thinking that the gender reassignment procedure may have negatively impacted his physical and mental health.
He claimed that he was diagnosed with female personality disorder at age 40 and felt uneasy being treated as a woman from an early age.
A home record, which contains personal information about residents such as their female and family relationships, may receive permission from family courts before changes can be made.
KYODO
