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Japan's Supreme Court declares sterilization surgeries
for transgender citizens unconstitutional
Historic ruling overturns 20-year-old law that mandated surgeries
as a condition for legal gender change
By A.L. Lee
Japan's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a law requiring people to receive sterilization surgery to legally change their gender was unconstitutional. File Photo by Edomura no Tokuzo, Wikimedia Commons
Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Japan's Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a two-decade-old law that required transgender citizens to undergo sterilization surgery to change the gender they were assigned at birth.
All 15 justices on the Grand Bench concurred Wednesday, ruling that a major clause in the 2003 law, which mandates a surgical procedure to receive a legal change of gender on government documents, was unconstitutional.
The court ruled that demanding surgery as a condition for legal gender change was "highly invasive" and "too restrictive" -- infringing the right to pursue happiness as guaranteed under Article 13 of the Japanese Constitution.
In an explanation of the ruling, the justices emphasized the difficult choice faced by individuals who experience gender dysphoria, a condition characterized by emotional distress due to the discrepancy between one's true sense of gender and the one assigned to them at birth.
The unanimous decision overturned a 2019 ruling by the same court that upheld the controversial law, which imposed five conditions on those seeking a gender status change through the civil court system.
The non-negotiable prerequisites included a diagnosis of gender dysphoria by at least two physicians, that the person seeking the gender change must be at least 18 years old, unmarried, have no dependent children, possess no functioning reproductive system, and exhibit genitals that resemble those of the opposite sex.
This time around, the justices declared the law unconstitutional but put off a final decision until a lower court could reevaluate the provision that requires additional surgery to remove ovaries or testicles to ensure the physical appearance of a person's genitals aligned with a desired gender.
Does this mean that children under 18 can get access to puberty blockers, hormones, and mastectomies? The very things that Europe is blocking right now?
The court also cited major advances in gender-related medical care and psychological analysis since the law was first enacted in 2003.
The case was brought by an anonymous transgender woman who sought to change her legal gender without the surgery, but couldn't do so because of the restrictive law, and therefore remains a male in legal documents.
The lawsuit argued that the plaintiff's capacity to reproduce had been negatively impacted by years of hormone therapy and further contended that the law infringed upon her rights by creating an excessive financial burden, thereby hindering the Constitution's guarantee of equal treatment under the law.
During the 20 years that the law was in effect, nearly 12,000 Japanese citizens formally altered their gender on the family registry, indicating their compliance with the stringent requirements.
Swim competition allows a 50-year-old biological male
to swim with 13 year-old girls
The Markham Pan Am Centre just north of Toronto was the venue for the Richmond Hill Aquatic Centre’s Fall Classic swimming competition last weekend. And the classic Sesame Street song came to mind: “One of these things is not like the others; one of these things does not belong.”
By David Menzies | October 24, 2023 | News Analysis
Rebel News was tipped off by concerned parents that there was something perverse happening in the pool at Richmond Hill Aquatic Centre's Fall Classic swimming competition this past weekend October 20 in Markham Pan Am Centre.
Namely, at one of the swim races on Friday, 10 competitors took part. Nine of the competitors had much in common: they were female and they were either 13 or 14 years of age. Alas, the tenth competitor was Nicholas J. Cepeda, a.k.a., Melody Wiseheart, a member of the Orangeville Otters Swim Club. That’s right: somehow, 13 and 14-year-old girls were swimming against a 50-year-old biological male. Unbelievable.
So it was that Rebel News visited the Markham Pan Am Centre on Sunday, October 22 to get answers. And those answers were hard in coming…
First, organizers actually denied that Nicholas/Melody swam at the meet, even though we provided them with a copy of the Friday schedule that indicated otherwise. Eventually, the organizers relented and admitted that Nicolas/Melody did take part, but they didn’t want to get into a debate about gender and age. Really? The entire competition was structured around:” gender and age.” Ten-year-old girls did not swim against, for example, 17-year-old males.
We were also informed that no representatives from the swimming governing bodies, Swim Ontario and Swim Canada, were available to speak to us (even after the event) because they were “too busy.”
Too bad. We wanted to know if Nicholas got to use the female change room and bathroom. We’re betting that he did.
And so it is that we have another Lia Thomas situation on our hands. Mr. Thomas being the gender-bending grifter at Penn State who was a mediocre male swimmer until he decided to “identify” as a female swimmer and promptly began winning trophies. Funny how that happens…
Of note, Nicholas J. Cepeda/Melody Wiseheart is a professor at Toronto’s York University. And get this: two of his research areas are children and youth. The question arises: why is it that so many so-called “transwomen” are in fields pertaining to children and youth? Disturbing.
It's simple, "Where there is honey, there will be flies!"
By the way this member of the Orangeville Otters Swim Club has received some media coverage via the Caledon Enterprise. Alas, the Enterprise story had absolutely nothing to do with his fetish of swimming with minor girls, mind you. Rather, check out this putrid prose: “They are now pioneers. Members of a generation working against stereotypes and stigmas, facing questions and public scrutiny and telling a story they are forced to tell to educate, to pacify to explain. To help others grow, and the world to evolve.”
A 50-year-old male swimming with teenage girls is an example of… evolution? Charles Darwin must be rolling in his grave.
Notably, none of the concerned parents wanted to come on camera with their justified grievances. This was no doubt due to our prevailing reality of cancel culture. Sure, a 50-year-old man swimming against teenage girls is outrageous and egregious. But in the eyes of the woke sporting associations, this perversity is no doubt an example of diversity, equity, and inclusion. And if you have a problem with that, well, you will be duly penalized…
An example of diversity, equity, and inclusion - or an example of perversity, iniquity, and delusion?
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